Picture a hospital emergency room. Patient comes in with chest pain. A triage nurse enters their name and date of birth into the EMR. Immediately, a label printer in the laboratory basement prints a barcode for blood work. Three floors up, a radiology technician sees...
Hospitals use one system. Labs use another. Pharmacies use a third. Each system stores data differently. Each system sends information in its own format. When a patient moves from hospital to lab, information gets lost. Results don’t transfer. Reports sit in...
