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Re:Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your... by quanticle on Monday January 07, 2019 @03:37PM (#18849763)
Except that health care has no "top". If an insurance company tried to unilaterally impose a new standard, they'd quickly lose support among hospitals, and then they'd lose their subscribers shortly thereafter.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your... by PeterisP on Monday January 14, 2019 @12:00PM (#18904418)
With a [mostly-]single-payer system (i.e. pretty much everywhere in the world except the US) there is a clearly defined "top" that can unilaterally require particular standards for e.g. electronic health records.

Also, for USA, legal requirements (such as HIPAA) are universal and can impose certain standards on the whole industry, as long as there's political will to do so.

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