Backward compatibility—making a new system compatible with an existing operating system—rarely enters C-suite conversations in healthcare, but it should.That’s because even as healthcare executives expect to make deeper investments in system integration this year, achieving integration becomes faster and far less expensive when leaders explore solutions that help systems talk with each other. This eliminates...

Finding the Right Integration EngineIf your healthcare organization is like most, your employees spend a significant portion of their time reviewing and processing data, and routing information to the appropriate people and entities in your patients’ continuum of care. Because medical data is packaged and transmitted using so many different formats, standards, and protocols, those...

Experiencing data exchange tool overload? You’re not alone.If your healthcare organization is anything like the thousands that we’ve worked with over the years, your staff hasn’t been able to optimize or centralize their communication processes. That’s because the providers, payers, and other organizations that your health system needs to exchange data with use many different...