We're past the point where standard formats should be an issue. I see it
as nothing more than an effort to keep competition out.
As part of the shift to EHR partially subsidized by taxpayer funds there
should be clear and consistent format requirements, for imaging to
billing.
And there would also need to be international agreement on these
standards. There is no excuse for incompatible systems. Not only
because a lot of international travel goes on each year (in both
directions), but also because medicine itself is an international
environment.
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