Healthcare providers have struggled with data interoperability since the advent of the EHR decades ago, failing to fully connect patient information across systems. They may have an unlikely model to look to for improvement: the National Football League.

During an address last week at Forbes’ annual Healthcare Summit , NFL Chief Medical Officer Allen Sills noted that all 32 of the league’s teams report to the same EHR. Having all this player data in one place helps the league not only treat injuries more effectively but also prevent them, he said.

“If we think about all the injuries that happen in an athletic competition, yes, some of them are maybe bad luck. Players accidentally collide, they accidentally hit the ground. But there is a proportion of them — and we might disagree abou

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