The current healthcare ecosystem faces a significant challenge to an interoperable future – siloed patient records. Many organizations are still reliant on legacy, server-based systems which do not connect openly or easily with the services required for superior patient care.

Fortunately, the situation is already changing, with cloud-based, interoperable technology built on open APIs offering the solution. APIs will enable more coordinated care between different providers; enabling the patient to be the centre of care, which cloud systems will support in any setting. This includes the hospital, clinic, the lab and in the home, all of which can access a central source of truth for the patient record.

API’s will also enable new models of care, both improving patient experience and creating new revenue models for providers. Examples include remote patient monitoring, care in the home, chronic disease management, improved aged care quality, telehealth, outcome-based models, AI, big data analysis and many more.

While the possibilities are significant, one thing is clear. To future-proof your organisation within a rapidly changing industry, you will need the best, most interoperable systems.