Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 22nd September, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. ----- http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/interoperability-%E2%80%98not-goal%E2%80%99 Interoperability not the goal By John Andrews, Contributing writer Created 09/14/2012 Connectivity between healthcare providers has been a sharp focus for IT initiatives since 2004, and the concept has assumed many forms An idea can change a lot over eight years and while the intent of interoperability remains essentially the same, its application has split off in various directions since 2004, when the Bush administration called for establishment of electronic health records, universal connectivity between healthcare providers and named David Brailer, MD, as national health information technology coordinator. EHRs remain a...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.