Technology Innovations That Will Have a Big Impact on Medical Practices in 2021

2021 will be another year of major innovation for healthcare technology. Because COVID-19 has disrupted the way medical practices operate, we will see how developments in security, infrastructure, data, and patient networks play a pivotal role in how practices are run this year.  

This means that with this new API standard, patients’ medical records can more quickly and seamlessly travel between medical institutions, decreasing the reliance on paper records.  

For example, suppose a patient with aggressive cancer is getting care from one team at a medical facility and decides to take that information to get a second opinion from another care team. In that case, they can quickly take that information coming through FHIR data and present that to the next medical team.