August 6, 2013 David Raths
news
As a health delivery organization that is rapidly expanding its accountable care business, Franciscan Alliance Inc. is in need of forward-looking data analytics tools. But instead of a traditional arrangement with a software vendor, it has decided to work with the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), which is working on a suite of analytics tools for its clients.
July 22, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
All Colorado hospitals with more than 100 licensed beds have connected or are in the process to connect to a health information exchange (HIE) network, after the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) inked its most recent HIE contract with Exempla Healthcare in Denver.
July 17, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Children's Care Alliance (CCA) is working with Alere Accountable Care Solutions (ACS)—a Waltham, Mass.-based health information solutions provider--to create a health information exchange (HIE) for underserved children in the Lehigh Valley area of northeastern Pennsylvania.
July 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
The three year period in which the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) will fund the Beacon Community Program is coming to an end, and one Beacon is preparing for the “after life.” San Diego Regional Health Information Exchange’s Dan Chavez is looking forward to self-sustainability and an organization of trust.
July 17, 2013 David Raths
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Health information exchange executives spend a lot of time investigating possible sources of revenue to guarantee their sustainability beyond the era of federal grants. Could providing a patient portal that crosses health system boundaries be one of the value-added services they provide? Patients who see eight to 10 providers a year do not want to create their own records by cobbling together information from multiple health systems.
July 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The New Jersey State Department of Health has announced an award of $1.57 million to a coalition of health organizations to create and operate a statewide network that will enable the sharing of patient health information electronically.
July 10, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
While health information exchanges (HIEs) continue to grow in number, those who are participating say sustainability remains an issue, according to the results of a new survey that appears in the latest issue of the healthcare policy journal Health Affairs.
July 10, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Network Health, a nonprofit health plan that delivers health coverage to more than 215,000 Massachusetts residents, has received a $75,000 grant to implement a partnership with Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) on the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (Mass HIway), the statewide HIE network. The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s MeHI has awarded the grant to make the connection possible.
July 8, 2013 Mark Hagland
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The Utah Health information Network's Jan Root shares the story of the journey of her HIE organization, which has evolved forward from an early-stage CHIN 20 years ago to a leading-edge, statewide HIE today. And she talks about why accreditation makes sense for HIE leaders seeking to ensure the confidence of their communities.
July 8, 2013 David Raths
blog
HealtheConnections' transition required a lot of planning and forethought, a close working relationship with the new vendor on data migration and project management, and the RHIO team's confidence that it could manage the transition without upsetting data providers or users.
June 27, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is inviting innovators and entrepreneurs to participate in a series of projects, including one that aims to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) by developing new tools that can reduce HIE implementation effort and cost.
June 24, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MeHI) has announced 32 collaborative projects that will receive HIway Implementation Grants of up to $75,000 each that will assist 80 healthcare organizations across the Commonwealth in connecting to the statewide health information exchange (HIE), the Mass HIway, enabling them to improve patient care and reduce costs.
