Why have we not made more progress on interoperability? Will information blocking enforcement help? These are two questions the Healthcare IT Today team has been asking a lot lately.

Paul Wilder, Executive Director of Commonwell Health Alliance didn’t shy away when we raised them.

In our conversation, Paul points to labs and pharmacies as the missing voices in today’s data-exchange framework. He argues that we’re hamstringing their ability to share data by forcing them into document-based interoperability standards rather than discrete data – the kind AI and clinicians both need. And he offers a frank take on where enforcement fits in.

Learn more about Commonwell Health Alliance at https://www.commonwellalliance.org/