Interoperability

Health Data Standards and Interoperability Health data standards help different systems talk to each other. When hospitals, clinics, and labs share data, patients receive faster, safer care and clinicians make better decisions. This also includes public health data, patient portals, and research datasets that benefit from clear, shared formats. Key standards you will hear about HL7 FHIR for data exchange and APIs SNOMED CT for clinical terms ICD-10 for diagnoses LOINC for lab tests DICOM for imaging data These standards support both human readability and machine processing, making data usable across settings. Why interoperability matters ...