Title: What Is Healthcare EDI and Why Does It Matter?
Headings: What Is Healthcare EDI and Why Does It Matter?
What Is Healthcare EDI and Why Does It Matter?
What Is Healthcare EDI?
Healthcare EDI and HIPAA Compliance
EDI and Data Integration Benefits for the Healthcare Industry
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Start with the Low-Hanging Fruit

Content: For example, in the early days of the national rollout of testing for the Covid-19 virus, clinical technicians were forced to fax test results to providers. Providers would then have to manually enter the test results before they could be logged, and patients notified. As a result, in some regions of the U.S., patients had to wait weeks for their test results. While an extreme example, it’s not an isolated instance. Every day, antiquated data collection and exchange systems force front line staff in organizations of all sizes to spend unproductive hours on routine administrative tasks. Implementing EDI more widely in the healthcare industry can help eliminate that problem. The question now is, how many organizations will wait until its too late to start implementing EDI at scale? Further study: Use our free EDI Cost Savings Calculator to compare the cost of manual transactions vs. automating them with EDI.