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New Online Survey Tool Prepares West Virginia for HIE

February 1, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN) has released a new online tool for medical providers that will gauge their readiness to participate in health information exchange (HIE).

What HIE 2.0 Looks Like

January 29, 2013     David Raths
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Setting the stage for the Jan. 29 joint hearing of the federal HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee on health information exchange (HIE) challenges, Micky Tripathi, president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, described how the industry has evolved to “HIE 2.0.”

California HIE Grants Target Rural Providers, Analytics Tools

January 25, 2013     David Raths
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The agency charged with boosting health information exchange in California has announced two new grant programs targeting rural HIEs and innovations in data analytics. A notice sent out Jan. 25 by the California Health eQuality (CHeQ) program managed by the University of California-Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI) says the Rural HIE Incentive Program seeks to establish an ongoing mechanism and structure through which rural medical communities may evaluate and contract with pre-selected HIE service providers.

Q&A: Moving Data Across Multiple Borders

January 24, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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This week, the Missouri Health Connection announced alongside the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) and Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN) that the three states had successfully exchanged Direct messages across state lines. Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna caught up with MHC’s chief operating officer, Mindy Mazur, about this exchange and how it went down.

New Mexico HIE Selects Orion Health for Expanded Exchange

January 24, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC), the state’s health information exchange (HIE), has selected New Zealand-based Orion Health’s HIE platform to power the statewide exchange and expand the capabilities it offers to healthcare providers across New Mexico.

HHS Announces $1.5B in Grants for State Exchanges

January 17, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced $1.5 billion in new grants for 11 states to continue building their insurance exchanges.

DHIN Selects Allied-Direct to Support Direct Messaging Needs for the State of Delaware

January 10, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) has announced it will offer Direct Project messaging services to providers through AlliedHIE Company, a certified health information services provider (HISP) launched by Nashville-based Informatics Corporation of America (ICA).

North Arkansas Hospital Becomes First to Launch SHARE

January 8, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) has become the first hospital in Arkansas to launch SHARE (State Health Alliance for Records Exchange), a statewide health information exchange (HIE) that gives secure, real-time access to electronic patient health information to various health care providers throughout Arkansas.

IHE: What’s up with Certification?

December 21, 2012     Joe Marion
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I have been watching with interest the outcome of a recent announcement that the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE USA) (http://iheusa.org/) has contracted with ICSA Labs, a for-profit division of Verizon (https://www.icsalabs.com/) for certification of IHE profiles. On the surface, this sounds like a good thing, but dig deeper and it raises a number of interesting questions with respect to intent and motive.

Tennessee Launches Direct Project

December 11, 2012     David Raths
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Several months after winding down a more ambitious state-level health information exchange architecture, the state of Tennessee has launched the Tennessee Direct Project, a scaled-down exchange based on the Direct secure messaging platform.

Colorado HIE Boosts Membership

December 4, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO), which runs the state’s health information exchange (HIE), has announced a partnership with the a large primary care practice association in the Denver area, which will add 175-plus practitioners to the exchange.

Report: HIE Market to Grow Significantly

November 27, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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According to a recent report from the Mountain View, Calif.-based research company, Frost & Sullivan, the health information exchange market is set to grow significantly over the next 18-24 months thanks to various regulatory factors. The report, U.S. Health Information Exchange Market: A Comprehensive Guide to Market Dynamics, Technology Vendors, and Future Trends, looks at the specific opportunities in this space.
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