Governments Worldwide Urged To Invest In Health Care Interoperability

According to new research from the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR), health systems and governments could benefit from investing in digital health upgrades to make health data interoperable with other data sources, which will allow a more complete view of population health needs and trends. The investments should focus on making data usable to ensure long-term health system resiliency and sustainability.

PHSSR has undertaken research into 12 countries’ health systems (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and Abu Dhabi), identifying several common challenges. They have wide variation in the . . .