I worked in this space for a very long time. Here are my thoughts on health data integration [0]. In a nutshell:<p>&quot;At it&#x27;s core the government need only do one thing to encourage innovation in the interoperability space and it is this:<p>The government, by means of regulation and incentive, ensure that any vendor of data systems that create or store data make adequate interoperability features and documentation available for said system.<p>I call this the Core Mandate. The core mandate must be unequivocal with no loopholes. What do I mean by &quot;interoperability features&quot;? Simply:<p>- If a system creates data, the ability to read that data is fully described in documentation.<p>- If a system stores data, the vendor will provide an API and&#x2F;or SDK, with accompanying documentation, such that authenticated requests may create, read, update or delete that data programmatically as appropriate.<p>A system is defined as any software application or hardware device.&quot;<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;siculars.posthaven.com&#x2F;health-data-integration-regulation-and-incentivization" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;siculars.posthaven.com&#x2F;health-data-integration-regula...</a>