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title: Provider Interoperability Posed Yet Another Challenge During Natural Disaster
description: PROVIDER INTEROPERABILITY POSED YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE DURING NATURAL DISASTER
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# [Provider Interoperability Posed Yet Another Challenge During Natural Disaster](https://www.villagemd.com/news/provider-interoperability-posed-yet-another-challenge-during-natural-disaster)

 Written by [VillageMD](https://www.villagemd.com/news/author/villagemd) | Sep 20, 2017 2:15:23 PM

An article in *Becker's Health IT & CEO Review* highlighted the challenges patients faced in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, when they were forced to seek treatment at facilities outside of their norm and found that their health records were unavailable. VillageMD-Houston's Dan Jenson spoke about how providers handled this in Houston, and the need for better interoperability between providers.

 

To read the article from *Becker's*, [click here](https://www.villagemd.com/hubfs/news/Beckers%20Interoperability%20needed_natural%20disasters.pdf).

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