Here are five things to know:
1. Carequality is a vendor- and platform-neutral framework that connects health data across vendor and independent networks, according to the report. Carequality partnered with CommonWell to expand nationwide interoperability. Epic, GE Healthcare, Surescripts, eClinicalWorks, Cerner, Allscripts, McKesson and Sunquest are among the companies involved.
2. The agreement will allow subscribers to query any organization participating in Carequality.
3. Ninety percent of EHRs in the marketplace participate in Carequality; 60 percent of EHRs in the office-based EHR market participate.
4. CommonWell-enabled organizations that also agree to Carequality connection terms will allow physicians to exchange health data with other organizations that meet the same requirement.
5. There will still be interoperability challenges and regional or state health information organizations will likely still exist.
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