Organizational leaders must work together to find better ways to use data to overcome the most pressing issues that affect public health outcomes. Big data technology is revolutionizing the medical field. However, with progress comes challenges.
Nearly 25% of all American consumers will own a wearable health device by the year 2020, according to a survey conducted by IDTechEx, and according to an IBM Watson study, the average person will generate over a million gigabytes of health-related data during their life.
As the healthcare environment grows more complex and consumers generate more data, organizations have found it increasingly difficult to secure and share vital patient information.
Barriers to Information Sharing Is an Ongoing Issue
Most organizations have implemented patient electronic health records (EHRs). However, only a small percentage of them has managed to find ways to share information easily. This inability to share information has resulted in disjointed patient experiences as well as inefficient payments to care providers.
So far, the biggest hurdle to the digital interoperability of information is that healthcare decision-makers have yet to come to a consensus on data sharing standards. However, many medical professionals are leaning toward Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards as a framework for medical record information sharing.
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