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title: "The BZ Blog: Healthcare Interoperability Roundup"
description: At BookZurman, our team has hand-selected these recent articles highlighting important health IT developments in the ever-changing healthcare landscape.
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# [The BZ Blog: Healthcare Interoperability Roundup](https://www.bookzurman.com/blog/healthcareinteroperabilityroundup08june2020)

 Written by [BookZurman](https://www.bookzurman.com/blog/author/bookzurman) | Jun 8, 2020 4:00:00 AM

With so much evolving in healthcare and technology, it’s hard to keep up. That’s why we’ve hand-selected recent articles our team agrees are worth a quick read affecting the world of healthcare interoperability.

- [EHRs: Ongoing Stakeholder Involvement Needed in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Modernization Effort](https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/707391.pdf)
- [VA can no longer afford ‘missed opportunity’ costs in the post-COVID-19 era](https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/va-cannot-afford-missed-opportunity-costs-post-covid19)
- [People say digital health startups shouldn’t even try to work with the VA. But that’s totally wrong.](https://medcitynews.com/2020/06/people-say-digital-health-startups-shouldnt-even-try-to-work-with-the-va-but-thats-totally-wrong/)
- [Pandemic highlights need for unique patient identifier, industry tells ONC](https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/pandemic-highlights-need-for-unique-patient-identifier-industry-tells-onc/578984/)
- [Mayo, IU Medicine, Pew health experts tackle patient matching and contact tracing issues](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/mayo-iu-medicine-pew-health-experts-tackle-patient-matching-and-contact-tracing-issues.html)
- [COVID-19 emergency shows limitations of nationwide data sharing infrastructure](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/covid-19-emergency-shows-limitations-nationwide-data-sharing-infrastructure)
- [How Interoperability Can Unlock the Potential of Telehealth](https://www.healthitanswers.net/how-interoperability-can-unlock-the-potential-of-telehealth/)

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