New AHRQ eBook Explores Interoperability in Patient Registries

A new AHRQ eBook, Tools and Technologies for Registry Interoperability, is part of a series that helps researchers and stakeholders who are involved in creating and using patient registries. The eBook is the second addendum to AHRQ’s most recent registries handbook, Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide: 3rd Edition, which provides practical information on the design, operation and analysis of registries. The new eBook explores the push for interoperability in registries, including data sources and data standards, integration with electronic health records and application of the Outcome Measures Framework.