Using a census-based survey index that captures population-level socioeconomic risk for health disparities, researchers found that hospitals serving marginalized populations were 21% less likely to engage in interoperable data exchange than the rest.
CHICAGO – Interoperability is frequently touted as a means of ensuring the exchange of important health information between healthcare entities, but it turns out that achieving this long sought-after goal may also be a means of advancing health equity, which has been an ongoing focus of the current administration. The idea is that disparities in healthcare access and overall