Do EMR platforms really exist? Jeff Smoot explores whether traditional Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solutions can truly be considered platforms and the key piece of functionality that is missing. 

After the last article I wrote was published, I was asked a very insightful question, which was, “If you were writing a new piece of software, how would you go about integrating it?” This led me to reflect on the changes within both our company’s attitude to integration and the changes within the industry in general since I became involved in integration around 8 years ago.