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Aligning Incentives around Health Information Exchange

Mark Hagland
Jody Cervenak, a Pittsburgh-based principal with the Denver-based Aspen Advisors consulting firm, has spent years in the healthcare IT space, including a long stint at the UPMC health system in Pittsburgh. Her perspective? Only when we can fully align incentives among stakeholders can we get to the next phase of HIE evolution.

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Delaware REC Achieves Hallmark Meaningful Use Milestone

September 12, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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A Delaware regional extension center (REC) says it is the first REC in the nation to reach its goal of helping 1,000 primary care providers achieve Stage 1 of meaningful use of their electronic health record (EHR) systems.

New Partnership Allows for Docs in Michigan and Indiana to Exchange Patient Data

September 10, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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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).

Ohio's CliniSync HIE Connects More Than 100 Hospitals

September 9, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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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.

Rhode Island Blue Cross, Quality Institute Partner on Information Exchange

September 5, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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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.

Health Information Exchange: Are We At An Inflection Point?

August 30, 2013     Mark Hagland
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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?

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Report: Kansas HIEs Struggle with Secondary Use Policy Questions

August 28, 2013     David Raths
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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.

Statewide HIE Is Up and Running in Missouri

August 23, 2013     David Raths
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Missouri Health Connection (MHC) this week announced the launch of its statewide health information network, providing services to more than 7,000 physicians, serving patients in 62 hospitals and more than 350 clinics in the Show-Me State.

Direct Project Coming to New Jersey Providers

August 22, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) will be providing its members with the Direct Project capabilities, which allows provider to securely exchange health information over the internet.

More West Virginia Hospitals Go Live With HIE

August 15, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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Five hospitals throughout West Virginia have joined the state's health information network, bringing the total number of hospitals connected to nine.

Tennessee HIO Implementing Secure Messaging

August 13, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN) is implementing a solution to enable secure direct provider-to-provider messaging exchange of electronic health information, through DataMotion (Morristown, N.J.), the organization announced recently.

Aligning Incentives around Health Information Exchange

August 11, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Jody Cervenak, a Pittsburgh-based principal with the Denver-based Aspen Advisors consulting firm, has spent years in the healthcare IT space, including a long stint at the UPMC health system in Pittsburgh. Her perspective? Only when we can fully align incentives among stakeholders can we get to the next phase of HIE evolution.

ONC Research: HIE Between Providers Jumps Up Significantly

August 6, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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New research from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) revealed that health information exchange (HIE) between hospitals and providers has jumped up 41 percent between 2008 and 2012.
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