September 17, 2013 Mark Hagland
blog
In an era in which commemorative weeks and months are everywhere and happening during any given week, does it make sense to celebrate something like the “National Health IT Week”? Actually, it does. Here’s why…
September 13, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Four upstate New York regional health information organizations (RHIOs) have announced new connectivity, which will allow for the secure exchange of electronic health records (EHRs) amongst Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany healthcare professionals.
September 11, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
Fast on the heels of an announcement by the ONC that the agency was launching a patient matching initiative, CHIME’s Russ Branzell gave HCI’s Mark Hagland an industry-first interview regarding CHIME’s praise for ONC’s announcement, and CHIME’s response to that announcement.
September 10, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., the founding president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, has been active in healthcare industry thought leadership for many years. In the wake of the recent announcement that Farzad Mostashari, M.D. would be stepping down as National Coordinator for Health IT this fall, Tripathi shared his thoughts with HCI’s Mark Hagland on a range of forward-looking topics.
September 10, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Michigan doctors treating patients from Indiana, and Indiana physicians treating Michigan patients, can now securely exchange health records thanks to a new partnership between Michigan Health Connect (MHC) and Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN).
September 10, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
The results of a new study, conducted by the Atlanta-based Porter Research and sponsored by Covisint, seem to indicate that healthcare and healthcare IT leaders are ready to turn to the cloud in order to support population health management and accountable care organization development
September 9, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Ohio's CliniSync Health Information Exchange (HIE) has announced the signing of the 25-bed Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz as well as the 91-bed Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, bringing the number of Ohio hospitals in the CliniSync statewide HIE to 101.
September 5, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the nonprofit Rhode Island Quality Institute have announced the launch of an incentive program for Rhode Island primary care physicians to adopt and use CurrentCare, Rhode Island's health information exchange. The program is designed to reward primary care physicians who are advancing health information technology and the health information exchange in the state.
September 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
The seven acute-care-hospital, West Orange-based Barnabas Health, the largest health system in New Jersey, has been plunging headlong into accountable care development. And Anthony Slonim, M.D., the health systems vice president and CMO, has a lot to say regarding lessons learned so far in Barnabas Health's journey.
August 30, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
As health information exchange evolves forward, industry leaders and experts debate what to do about some of the continuing obstacles to granular-level data exchange. Should federal officials intervene?
August 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
A team of researchers in the Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices, a division of CSC, has published a new report that examines the challenges inherent in leveraging data and information for accountable or coordinated care. Lead author Jane Metzger speaks exclusively with HCI's Mark Hagland about the implications in the report's findings for healthcare IT leaders nationwide.
August 28, 2013 David Raths
blog
KHIN and LACIE have tried but failed to reach agreement about secondary use of data, according to a story on the Kansas Health Institute web site. Although sharing data would be valuable for providers in the state and the technical details around exchange have been worked out, it is not happening yet.
