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6 Organizations Approved as the Initial QHINs Under TEFCA

Healthcare IT Today

Of course, this is the initial list of QHINs. eHealth Exchange’s Executive Director already shared that not all QHINs will be created equal. That event happened today and the big news coming out of the event was the six organizations that applied and have been officially designated as QHINS.

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QHIN Reactions at the ONC Annual Meeting

Healthcare IT Today

We previously shared ONC’s big QHIN announcement which shared the names of five officially designated QHINs as part of TEFCA: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus Health Gorilla KONZA MedAllies No doubt, the timing of this announcement was planned to coincide with the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

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Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

Healthcare IT Today

Of course, there are also financial concerns to consider, too. If you’re a patient and you have a very serious diagnosis or for which standard-of-care therapies don’t exist, determining eligibility for clinical trials depends on fast access to computable medical records. The monetary penalties for noncompliance could add up quickly.

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

Increasingly, “mobile health,” “mHealth,” “telehealth” and “eHealth” are just part of normal health/care workflows and personal life flows that complement face-to-face, synchronous health care delivery. Much of this is due to the fact that U.S.

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The Monetary, Clinical and Ethical Value of Patient Data – A View from the UK and NHS

Health Populi

In the health/care data ecosystem, stakeholders are addressing the specific challenges related to personal health information (PHI) which HIPAA isn’t covering well in this era of Big Data, cloud computing, and of course, bad actors in the dark cybersecurity breach market.

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Providence Saint John uses AI platform to Empower Cancer Patients & Providers for Better Care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Of course, we always advocate patients to come to the emergency department if they believe they are experiencing a medical emergency.” diagnosis, treatment, remission, recurrence, treatment, survivorship/death).

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The Year 2014 in Review

eHealth

I continue to teach a online course on Clinical Analytics for Kent State University. Looking forward to developing a second level course on analytics in 2015. In October, I began LinkedIn long posts on “ This Week in Patient Engagement” which has been successful. Great students and a great opportunity.

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