Source: Mediaplanet
To Micky Tripathi — who leads the ONC at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — improving, enhancing, and streamlining all aspects of interoperability throughout American healthcare is essential. “I think all of us want the comfort and confidence that providers have the best available information to make the best decisions,” Tripathi said. “There are also lots of benefits to not having things done over and over again simply because one doctor doesn’t have access to the information from the other doctor.”