Interoperability is currently a hot topic in health care. Interoperability issues can impact all types of healthcare organizations, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and ASC management ...

This article is authored by Amal Chandra, policy analyst, columnist and coordinator, Students For Liberty.

In 2006, GS1 began issuing certifications to RFID tag, reader and printer providers whose EPC Gen 2 products passed specific tests verifying their interoperability. This means end users can choose ...

The Australian government should follow the lead of the US and the EU by breaking down silos in digital health through legislation, argues the Australian Medical Association (AMA). Julian Rait, MBBS ...

Why don’t my content preferences on Netflix inform my Amazon Prime account? And vice versa? Why don’t my health care records follow me around the byzantine health care system? How come every time I ...

Developing robust automation and control systems in manufacturing facilities has historically been dominated by proprietary technology stacks. While this offered users highly reliable and ...

The European Union’s (E.U.’s) planned software patent rules represent a major threat to interoperability unless specific exemptions are made to the legislation, participants at a conference on the ...

Under pressure from corporate users, Microsoft has announced a new industry consortium aimed at tackling the problem of interoperability between software products. Surprisingly, one of the first ...

In a statement published late Thursday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates pledged that his company will continue to work hard at software interoperability. In a missive offered via the company's Web site, ...

eMeter Corp. has launched its IntegratedMDM Program with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) companies Cellnet+Hunt, CURRENT Technologies, Eka Systems, Elster Group, Sensus Metering, and Trilliant ...