Interoperability Standards and the Potential of Interoperability. Issue 3 (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McCartney, Patricia
• Is Part Of: MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing. Volume 41:Issue 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: Obstetric Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric Nursing -- Periodicals; Maternal-Child Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Maternity nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; Maternity nursing; Pediatric nursing; Databases; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Databases; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000243
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-929X

Abstract

Abstract : As any nurse who uses an electronic medical record knows, interoperability between systems is a huge problem. While caring for one patient, a nurse may have to interact with multiple systems, none of which "talk to each other", requiring a significant amount of duplicate documentation, extra time, risk of error, and overall unneeded frustration. Measures of progress on interoperability for nursing are discussed and a general update is provided by our HIT expert Dr. McCartney.