2022, Health IT, HIE and Interoperability

Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2022

As we head into 2022, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to share some predictions for the new year. Be sure to check out all our Health IT Predictions. If it seems like we’ve been talking about interoperability forever, […]. I always find it interesting to learn what people think is coming down the road.

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Arkansas HIE Uses Technology Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2022

In Arkansas, they’re lucky to have one statewide HIE which is focused on improving patient health outcomes. The Arkansas State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) is leveraging […]. When it comes to HIEs, each one is different.

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Availity to Acquire Diameter Health, a Leader in Clinical Data Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2022

Joint technology solution will deliver an integrated data interoperability platform that streamlines data acquisition and delivers clean, actionable, and intelligent data. Fueled by Diameter’s technology, Availity will create the nation’s preeminent data acquisition and interoperability platform.

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Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

In the latest CIO Podcast, John connected with Henry Vynalek at the Ohio Health Information Partnership. They discussed why HIEs have unique IT infrastructure needs , along with the potential of HIEs to address interoperability challenges and improve health inequity at the same time.

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Weekly Roundup – August 13, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2022

Catching Up With Veteran Health IT Leader Zane Burke. Formerly the President of Cerner and the CEO of Livongo Health, current Quantum Health CEO Zane Burke shared his thoughts on the future of care navigation and virtual care with John Lynn. Read more… A Friendly Gathering of the Healthcare Interoperability Minds.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). The Case for Federal Agencies.

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Education and Communication as a Catalyst for Technology Adoption

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Today at The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, I was fascinated by a session that looked at the importance of education and communication for healthcare organizations when it comes to encouraging adoption of technology. John Lynn (@techguy) August 23, 2022.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022. Jason Gorevic, CEO at Teladoc Health. health expenses by 2027, thanks to rising labor and supply costs.

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Health Data Federalism vs States Data

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

This week I’m attending the The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, which I previously described as The Woodstock of Healthcare Interoperability. Their discussion was prompted by this paper that was published on “Health Data Federalism.”

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set). And the next chapter begins!

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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

ONC’s latest data brief indicated that, as of the end of 2021, more than 60% of hospitals are actively engaged in sharing health information. About 75% of hospitals are members of regional HIE organizations, and 35% participate in regional and national HIEs.

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Reveleer Announces Acquisition of MDPortals to Enhance its Comprehensive Risk Adjustment Technology with Real-Time Access to Clinical and Claims Data

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

Leveraging our AI-enabled platform with NLP and MDPortals’ sophisticated interoperability allows us to deliver providers a pre-encounter clinical summary of patients within their EHR workflow at the point of care,” said Jay Ackerman, CEO and President at Reveleer.

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Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The 10th Annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey from Stoltenberg Consulting found that the greatest IT challenge for CIOs is budgeting for and retaining qualified IT talent, with 65% of organizations saying this is their top operational burden. In addition, The Sequoia Project released v0.1

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DirectTrust Directory Improvement Initiative

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

One of the big updates from DirectTrust at The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, was how DirectTrust was approaching changes and updates to their directory of direct addresses. John Lynn (@techguy) August 22, 2022. John Lynn (@techguy) August 22, 2022.

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Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. That said, the majority of executives support TEFCA as well as information sharing for use cases beyond clinical care.

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Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

DirectTrust also said the number of providers engaging in Direct Secure Messaging has increased 14% from Q2 2022 compared to the same time last year. Check out our full list of health IT conferences. billion messages since 2014. This amounts to more than 75 million transactions per month. All told, 2.6 million Direct addresses exist.

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EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . Actors include healthcare providers, developers of certified health IT, health information exchanges (HIEs), and health information networks (HINs).

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Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is Sep 12, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

DirectTrust also said the number of providers engaging in Direct Secure Messaging has increased 14% from Q2 2022 compared to the same time last year. Check out our full list of health IT conferences. billion messages since 2014. This amounts to more than 75 million transactions per month. All told, 2.6 million Direct addresses exist.

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Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As we approach 2023 it is amazing that interoperability, true broad-based connectivity between healthcare systems, looks like the Verizon heatmap back in 2005 when there was as much white on the map as there was red. She says of Kno2, “We enable interoperability and the magic happening on the edge.”

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).

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Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The content of this article is taken from a panel Kno2 hosted as part of the recent Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference , in collaboration with DirectTrust™ within a track dedicated to the sharing of health data to advance health equity.

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2022 Annual State HIT Connect Summit Creates Value for Medicaid Agencies and Public Health

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2022

In-person meetups trumped video conferencing at the 2022 State HIT Connect Summit held last week in Baltimore, Maryland. The following is a guest article by Eliana Donner-Klein, Sr. Associate, Audacious Inquiry, a PointClickCare company.

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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability

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Arkansas HIE Uses Technology Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes

Availity to Acquire Diameter Health, a Leader in Clinical Data Interoperability

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Weekly Roundup – August 13, 2022

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Education and Communication as a Catalyst for Technology Adoption

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Health Data Federalism vs States Data

10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Reveleer Announces Acquisition of MDPortals to Enhance its Comprehensive Risk Adjustment Technology with Real-Time Access to Clinical and Claims Data

Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

DirectTrust Directory Improvement Initiative

Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is Sep 12, and more

Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

2022 Annual State HIT Connect Summit Creates Value for Medicaid Agencies and Public Health

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