Susan wondered what her next step should be. Which system should she adopt, if any? How could she help move these groups toward better interoperability? Discussion Questions 1. Who are the local stakeholders who might be involved in the challenge of interoperability?
Susan was frustrated. As chair of the school of nursing at the local university, she wanted
her students to get used to using electronic health records. Ideally, these students would
leave her program and be able to use their employer’s EHR system without any additional
orientation. Other campus health profession leaders had similar concerns. However, the
faculty found that within a 100-mile radius of the university, the area’s many hospitals and
three main healthcare systems all used different EHR vendors.
The local healthcare systems promoted electronic health information. They were all
concerned about the safety and security of the records and the needs of their patients. They
were also aware of the national push for system to integrate EHRs. In reality, however, the
records housed in the variety of systems could not be shared. The software was too
disconnected and dissimilar.
Susan wondered what her next step should be. Which system should she adopt, if
any? How could she help move these groups toward better interoperability?
Discussion Questions
1. Who are the local stakeholders who might be involved in the challenge of
interoperability?
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