Abstract:
In order to provide interoperability between healthcare organizations, healthcare IT must provide tools to exchange and coordinate patient information among electronic health record (EHR) systems. This annotated bibliography contains research published between 2005 and 2015 that targets interoperability options for EHRs, with a focus on articles published since the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Anderson & Zanzi, 2013). The report identifies best practices in designing the tools to bridge the EHR interoperability gaps.