Case Study
How Healthcare is Rapidly Becoming More Interconnected
White Paper We live in a world where technology is everywhere. We have smart TVs, smart homes, and smartwatches. We ask voice assistants for directions, for recipes, to make phone calls, and to look up our schedules. But where are we when it comes to technology in healthcare? Although you might not yet see it as pervasively as the technology just mentioned, healthcare is becoming more interconnected. Interoperability is the industry term, or buzzword, and it’s leading to another new phase in healthcare: transparency. The ‘Old Days’ In the “old days,” you no doubt recall seeing walls of file cabinets in your doctors’ offices. Most of those are now gone, replaced by fast, efficient, and secure electronic medical records systems. Such systems are definitely a step in the right directi