Hanging light bulbs with glowing one on yellow backgroundAn interoperability insider predicts Amazon, Google, and Microsoft will accelerate health IT usability advancements.

With Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and other large tech companies now committed to advancing healthcare interoperability, DirectTrust President and CEO Scott Stuewe anticipates the industry will soon benefit from significant improvements in health IT usability.

Stuewe — who replaced former DirectTrust President and CEO David Kibbe, MD, on September 1 — voiced his support for the tech giants’ joint commitment to improving interoperability in emailed comments.

Stuewe suggested healthcare interoperability “may be easier to change from the outside.” …..more