AMIA calls for improved lab data interoperability

The American Medical Informatics Association recently outlined a series of suggestions regarding lab data interoperability, according to HealthInteroperability.com.

In presentation at the National Institutes of Health, the AMIA's Gil Alterovitz, PhD, a professor at Boston-based Harvard Medical School, said the association supports "using a wide range of technologies" and "technology-enabled approaches" that would give patients the chance to contribute to their medical record.

The AMIA said it believes the following:

  • A solid standard should "[separate] structure from meaning."
  • Standards have to be "built on smaller building blocks to provide flexibility in use."
  • All standards have to "include context."

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