Cerner President Zane Burke recently discussed the interoperability of electronic health records at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executive Fall CIO Forum. According to Burke, interoperability is "just the right thing to do."
During the discussion, Burke agreed with a recent Chilmark Research assessment that healthcare providers share much of the blame for the slow pace of data sharing. “The data-hoarding issues are broader than the vendors,” Burke said. More than a few organizations, including Cerner customers, have not made interoperability a priority.
Burke discussed fee-for-service as a root of some of these problems, and addressed the newly published interoperability roadmap as well as how he thinks the state of interoperatbility fits into today's healthcare market.
To read the full recap of Burke's discussion by MedCity News, click here.