What is EDI in healthcare interoperability?

In the healthcare sector, there is an ample amount of generation of documents and with the advent of newer technologies, the data is overflowing. The physical documents are cumbersome tasks to handle and manage. To manage the problem, electronic data interchange was introduced. It is a tool that enables the exchange of healthcare data in a secure and standardized manner among the healthcare systems, patients and professionals. It can be used to send claim requests, organized transaction and exchange of information.