What are the major issues with existing health information t

What are the major issues with existing health information technologies? Discuss why the system interoperability is becoming a major concern for health management information systems.

Solution

Some of the major issues faced by the existing health information technologies are :

1.     Growing flood of data : Due to the increase use of the electronic medical records, digital imaging technology the healthcare data is increasing at a fast pace and this has created an urgent need of secure storage and management of these data.

System interoperability refers to the extent to which different systems and devices can exchange data and present data in such a way that it is understandable to the user. This has become a growing concern because some of the systems are not up to the standard that has been set to exchange data with one another and they are not even well connected to one another. In that case it gets difficult to collect the patient related data and interpret them. This can cause severe medical errors