September 26, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
I was fascinated to read the September 17 joint announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that those two federal departments had successfully demonstrated the successful use of metadata tagging in the exchange of patient health data.
September 26, 2012
news
After much turmoil surrounding the development of a statewide health information exchange (HIE) in California, UC Davis Health System announced on September 25 that leaders at the Institute for Population Health Improvement have established a new HIE organization, the California Health eQuality (CHeQ). CHeQ seeks to improve health-care quality and the coordination of care by using HIE technology to facilitate the rapid flow of information among physician offices, hospitals and other healthcare providers.
September 25, 2012
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Organizations in Michigan and Indiana have successfully established a secure infrastructure to transmit health data across state lines, the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) and the Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN) announced this week. The connection has been established by both organizations, which provide Health Information Exchange (HIE) services for Michigan, Indiana, and other Midwestern states.
September 19, 2012
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The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), the not-for-profit organization which is aiming to implement the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), has chosen the Fishkill, N.Y.-based MedAllies to operate a “Direct Solution.” The solution, similar to a secure email function, would allow healthcare providers to seamlessly send data from one provider directly to another who is caring for the same patient.
September 18, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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In this podcast, Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with John Stanley, Principal with Impact Advisors. John discusses the fallout of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, and how that has played into the role health information exchange and analytics technologies will play into the future of healthcare delivery. John also talks about how these two technologies are playing off each other, what providers should know when they are picking out a vendor, and what are the dangers of not addressing these technologies.
September 14, 2012
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According to a report from the Burlington, V.T.-based CapSite, a healthcare technology research and advisory firm, 71 percent of U.S. Hospitals are looking to buy new health information exchange (HIE) solutions. The report, the 2012 U.S. Health Information Exchange (HIE) Study, looked at insights from 370 hospitals on HIE market adoption, share, and opportunity.
September 13, 2012 David Raths
news
The board of the nonprofit organization set up to govern health information exchange in Kansas voted unanimously Sept. 12 to turn its responsibilities over to the state government once federal grant funding runs out next September.
September 11, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
article
Last week the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced that it was dropping its request for information (RFI) for a governance framework for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN). Many IT leaders applaud this effort in light of a waning regulatory bandwidth as the industry focuses on requirements for Stage 2 meaningful use, ICD-10, and the three Medicare programs, value-based purchasing, avoidable readmissions reduction, and healthcare-acquired conditions reduction, mandated under the ACA.
September 5, 2012 Jason D. Fortin
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On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law includes, among many other things, mandatory federal programs that require increased accountability from hospitals for the cost and quality of care that is delivered. With payment reform initiatives from States and commercial payers also already well underway, the Court's ruling only accelerates the need for robust HIE and analytics capabilities.
September 4, 2012 David Raths
blog
Other state-level HIE organizations have struggled with sustainability. Now it's Kansas' turn.
August 28, 2012
news
The organization responsible operating Maine’s statewide health information exchange (HIE), HealthInfoNet, has announced it is participating in Demonstrating the Preventative Care Value of Health Information Exchanges, an initiative led by the Chantilly, Va.-based Agilex, a program aimed at s establishing technical standards and protocols that HIEs can use to report de-identified, population-level preventative care data to public health officials.
August 23, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
blog
I think Henry Ford articulated it best when he said, "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely." We all learn from our mistakes, and I think one area rife with redos and re-tinkering of strategies is the health information exchange (HIE) market.
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