Read this great article by Jacob Goldstein in The Wall Street Journal – Can Technology Cure Healthcare? I think it is safe to say that we are on the cusp of a wide-scale proliferation of electronic health records. Last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contained major incentives to encourage the meaningful use and adoption of the promising technology.

As Mr. Goldstein points out in the article, putting patients first is essential to improving the overall health of our nation. Solutions must be designed around patient aware health management systems that allow payers and providers to make timely and informed decisions on behalf of patients. We need to ensure the exchange of clinical data among all parties in the healthcare ecosystem so that each can have mutual access to actionable, real-time information that creates a complete picture of the patient. Only through interoperability, collaboration and health information exchange can we, as the healthcare technology industry, improve patients’ overall health and well-being.

Tracey Costello

Senior Vice President of Marketing