{"id":494,"date":"2019-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eccovia.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/21\/data-sharing-is-a-must-for-value-based-care\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:57:35","slug":"data-sharing-is-a-must-for-value-based-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eccovia.com\/blog\/data-sharing-is-a-must-for-value-based-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Sharing is a Must For Value Based Care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the rapid and dramatic improvements focused on improving value-based care, the need has never been greater for increased coordination between the multitude of providers who are working together to drive whole patient care. As providers with unique focus participate in greater care coordination and records sharing, such as substance use or behavioral health specialists, the need for tools to facilitate more rapid and accurate coordination of care is becoming imperative.<\/p>\n

Every type of health IT software generates unique data in its own way and communicating that data between a myriad of unique programs and databases can be time consuming and costly. Nancy Pratt, a 20-year veteran of the industry and chief operating officer of Airstrip, a company that builds mobile interoperability software, says that \u201cHealthcare is still primarily a cottage industry of products, patching things together as they can.\u201d Other industry veterans agree. Mari Greenberger, director of informatics for the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) says that these concerns exist at the federal level, where interoperability is a hot topic, but progress to address it nationally is slow for fear of stifling innovation. She feels that for at least the next 3-5 years, providers will be left on their own to use third party software platforms to help them achieve more efficient and accurate interoperability.<\/p>\n

Physicians may remain in a demanding situation for the next few years as national and centralized interoperability looks to be years away, but they are required now to provide a wide variety of data that relies on data sharing and interoperability, such as MIPS and value-based initiatives from private payers. Officer workers without efficient interoperability software or assistance are being taxed as they are forced to make more phone calls and work their fax machines in a mad dash to obtain accurate data in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

The drive towards improving value-based care, however, is seen by most as well worth the extra effort and growing pains. These views are backed up by research, showing a high percentage of payers reporting significant improvements, including:<\/p>\n