Health IT interoperability is hard. But is it really as hard as it is being made out to be? And yet, with all the confusion and the limited progress of general health IT interoperability, electronic ...

While interoperability -- the exchange of data in easily readable formats -- isn't a new concept in the healthcare field, physicians are now starting to ask about acquiring specific data on patients ...

Interoperability in health IT is tricky, to say the least. It requires complex technologies, robust standards and solid strategies. The government and the industry are working on interoperability ...

“While healthcare transactions generate an enormous volume of data, too much of it is disjointed and inefficiently used.” The above quote was written by Edmund F. Haislmaier, senior research fellow, ...

Interoperability is one of the main promises of Web services. Web services are designed to be independent of the underlying operating system and programming language. In this article we will introduce ...

Interoperability is currently a hot topic in health care. Interoperability issues can impact all types of healthcare organizations, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and ASC management ...

Designers looking to create a successful IoT device need to be sure that their system will be interoperable with other devices and systems, both old and new. Standards such as zigbee have helped to ...

In today's high-interest financial environment, businesses are compelled to seek new and innovative ways to grow and develop while minimizing exposure to unnecessary risks. This challenging landscape ...

Connecting the Unconnected is a monthly column by the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) that explores how technology can ...