Interoperability

Providers, patients and policymakers can all agree that the state of interoperability, while improving, still has a long way to go. There are several efforts underway in the private sector to improve interoperability, yet variability in the way data is exchanged creates barriers to the free flow of needed information.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is re-envisioning the Meaningful Use program. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is tasked with creating a voluntary framework to drive interoperability as mandated under the 21st Century Cures Act. Both agencies are focused on reducing burdens on providers while speeding patient access to their records. CHIME continues to assert that a national patient ID solution and a more concrete set of standards are needed to spur progress toward an interoperable healthcare delivery system.

CHIME Top Recommendation to Policymakers

Drive the identification and use of standards in priority areas to ensure providers are capturing and exchanging data in the same fashion.

Legislative Briefs

Letters to the Administration

Congressional Letters & Testimony

ONC Resources