No agreement exists among health care groups in the United States regarding a common electronic data interchange (EDI) standard. This statement is true because of which of the following?
1. Experts have not yet finished the discussion phase leading to an agreement.
2. There is an agreement among health care groups because there is no need for a common EDI.
3. Agreements are part of the national health care reform initiative.
4. Health groups have isolated databases while working toward unification.
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Rationale: EDI streamlines the flow of clinical and financial data from one location to another. EDI is the communication of data in binary code from one computer to another. As the number of automated client record systems increases, so does the need to establish standard record structure and identifiers for individual data items to facilitate data exchange. Presently, no agreement exists among health care groups in the United States regarding a common EDI standard.
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