Today, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released guidance on outlining how a cohesive, comprehensive digital and data architecture can address persistent interoperability challenges across the health ecosystem.
The paper also identifies concrete actions to align stakeholders and establish long-term strategies for implementing a seamless national digital architecture that can revolutionize the potential health gains from a system that continually learns and improves—a learning health system.
Standardized, well-designed infrastructure is essential to enable seamless data flow across disparate systems.
A strong data architecture reduces duplication, lowers costs, and supports more efficient, high-quality care.
In a complementary project, the NAM is also developing a forthcoming publication on positioning health data as an essential public utility—building on the architectural foundation outlined in this paper.
That publication will articulate a comprehensive, multi‑level strategy for data stewardship, governance, and regulation through a roadmap to the establishment of health data as a trusted and secure resource for continuous health system learning and improvement.
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