Healthcare organizations are successfully advancing virtual care and remote patient monitoring strategies in response to COVID-19, but some have encountered interoperability roadblocks along the way.
Integrating these solutions with existing clinical workflows is a big issue for health IT professionals. Nearly 40 percent now consider it their top concern, according to a Forrester survey released this summer.
Almost a quarter of respondents said data sharing among fractured systems — including patient-facing platforms — is a challenge intensified not only by the pandemic but by rapid advancements set to revolutionize healthcare in the next decade.
