Since the early days of EMRs – the pre-Meaningful Use days, EMRs have come a long way in providing functionality for practices to connect to the outside world to extend their business processes and go beyond their practice walls. But we still have a ways to go – especially when trying to connect to providers, health organizations, labs and other entities where there is no affiliation in some way, as for example, beyond the networks of providers who do not use the same EMR or don’t connect to the same HIE.

Imagine consistently logging into a secure web site and finding a list of your patients for all upcoming appointments and seeing their clinical information being immediately available ready for you to review with tools that make it easy to find the information you need to export back to your EMR. The tedious faxing, scanning, printing, and calling is replaced with a process that is finished in minutes - even seconds – saving staff precious time and helping your physicians have the critical clinical data needed for optimal clinical decision making.

Lets discuss where interoperability is today in 2024 and how your practice can drastically improve the process of managing medical records this year and into the future!

What makes healthcare unique and complex is that it involves both internal consitutents and external stakeholders, multiple processes and a number of technology dependencies. 

This podcast is for practice administrators and healthcare providers who are looking to make improvements to their clinical operational processes. We must start with understanding what our vision is for our practice and then contemplate how these operational improvements will support that vision. Your vision provides a north star for the critical decisions your practice is making on behalf of the patients that you serve. 

It is critical we examine our internal processes and workflows (both processes and people) that support how the practice is run. Making internal process changes may support your vision but it is important to understand the change management involved when those changes is made.  LIsten in for more details on the expert opinion of Ken Bradley, Chief Health Innovation Officer for more detail. 

Interoperability is a critical component of value-based care models and frankly, good care. Practices will need to recognize that interoperability workflows need to accomodate both fax and electronic record exchange. It is important to have workflows and tools that can support our current process and future processes when it comes to managing medical records. 

With interoperability at the forefront of our healthcare system, it’s imperative decision-makers seize the opportunity to connect and collaborate with other physicians. At the end of the day, the main directive is to provide the best patient care experience possible and for that to happen, early and complete access to clinical data is an essential component.

Vivlio Health is a software solution bridging the gap between systems and medical facilities, so healthcare can continue to thrive. We believe interoperability is a critical factor in accomplishing positive health outcomes, improving workplace efficiency, and saving clinics large sums of healthcare dollars.  For the complimentary ebook with this podcast, please email us at info@vivlioheatlh.com