My Perspective on Smarter Healthcare

This is a cross-post linking to Building a Smarter Planet - A Family Doctor's Perspective on Smarter Healthcare.

Further commentary:
At SOAPware, we are pleased that IBM and ActiveHealth have publically announced a project that has been in the works for some time now. The Collaborative Care Solution is EMR/EHR agnostic. The intent is to make it as open-platform as is possible. It’s greatest value is likely to be that it is inclusive of any/all vendors that will adopt the Health Information Exchange (HIE) specifications defined in the solution. IBM is probably one of the only entities that can finally overcome some of the obstacles that have thwarted true interoperability.
The SOAPware Clinical Suite is an option, but not the only option, for sites and practices joining the collaborative who have not yet invested in an EMR. The intent in the CCS is to preserve the current, comprehensive EMR user’s choices where and when that is possible. Likewise, SOAPware Clinical Suite is being incorporated into other HIE initiatives. The future belongs to inclusivity and not the proprietary exclusivities of the past.