Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. But as we talk about it, more and more HIE organizations have started to use it and the concept has been embraced by many. How are health data utilities evolving? I think it’s kind of HIE plus certain new characteristics.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. But establishing an HIE and finding success can be a tremendous challenge for some states to establish in large measure because they require complex and expensive technical infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Design, implement, maintain and enhance data workflows, quality assurance protocols, analytical processes, and reporting products (i.e. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. Suppose a patient reports alcoholism within the family.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2020

The following is an interview with Jaime Bland, CEO of Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NEHII). Tell us about the new COVID-19 Data Monitoring Platform that NEHII launched. NEHII partnered with KPI Ninja to develop the COVID-19 Data Monitoring Platform. The COVID-19 platform ingests data from multiple […].

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The thing is, the job they’ve learned to do – serving as an exchange point for any and all data coming their way – may already be outmoded, according to Claudia […]. After years of evolving and struggling to find a solid business model, HIEs have finally found a reasonably secure place in the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

I’m happy to say that it’s lived up to billing with an incredible group of people who understand the challenges of health data exchange. Their discussion was prompted by this paper that was published on “Health Data Federalism.” Supporting funding for state data collection is important.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Civitas Networks for Health is a non-profit consortium that brings together a broad community of organizations interested in health data exchange. Many members are HIEs, but a number of other organizations in health care including community organizations are members as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here’s a quick summary of what everyone had to say in the video: Deven McGraw, Head of Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae – It’s not a replacement for Community HIE but I think it’s an essential tool for making sure that there’s nationwide exchange.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. Health Care Law and Consulting. Comments Comments.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. Comments Comments.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andrea Tait, VP of Client Value, Orion Health. Patient-Generated Data’s Place in Patient Care Today, health systems have increasingly recognized the need to be patient-centered, with a focus on empowering and engaging patients to assist them in maintaining their own health.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

If you’re running an HIE, you’re always hoping to see your participants step up their interoperability game. The thing is, few HIEs go the extra mile to make it happen, in many cases because they just don’t have the resources to tackle the problem. Given this fact, I was interested to see the recent announcement […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When someone confronts potentially fatal health issues in their life, it’s always interesting to see how they react and what they do after that experience. That’s why I had to sit down with Jared Jeffery, Founder at healthKERI , to learn more about his pathway to starting his new health data exchange company.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Ben Hsieh, Vice President of Product, says that Discern Health works with payers, providers, and Health Information Exchanges (HIE). Pinho would also like Discern Health’s analytics to help patients; families, decreasing their financial, physical, and emotional burdens.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

Putting this summary directly into the hands of providers including a comprehensive view of previous and suspected diagnoses and preventive care needs with links to supportive data, enables our customers to proactively close care gaps.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? Susan Clark, Principal Health IT Consultant at Briljent – Usability workflow – what happens in real life, on the ground, and the people who are interacting. The video below is a compilation of their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it’s imperative that the data collected have tangible value for overburdened clinicians increasingly being requested to gather more data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Digital health companies on the list include AngelEye Health , Authenticx , DAS Health , FarmboxRX , ixlayer , Mytonomy , Reveleer , TigerConnect , TimelyCare , Valenz Health , Veda , and Vytalize Health. AVIA added RUSH, MUSC Health, and United Regional Health Care System to its network.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

As the trusted data steward for secure health information exchange, Rochester RHIO is one of the most respected, trusted and successful health information exchanges in the United States. At Rochester RHIO, we love connecting with talented people who get excited about making a difference in patient care with health data.

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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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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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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

The optometrist printed his report that I would bring to my next PCP exam, because otherwise my optometrist had no reliable way to transfer the data. clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 4, 2023

The IHE IT-Infrastructure committee continues to produce new and improved specifications for HIE interoperability. Cross-Community Patient Discovery (XCPD) Health Data Locator and Revoke Option - Rev. Health IT Vendors should review this supplement and determine if the capabilities within meet their interoperability needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed a painful number of deficiencies in our nation’s healthcare system, including just how severe the lack of an interconnected health infrastructure has hampered response efforts. As the need for collaboration and access to quality data for tracking […].

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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. Additionally, secure electronic documentation tools will be used to store key data, such as around a patient’s visits and medical history, and create clear treatment plans and monitor progress.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

News and Studies HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition , with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices. The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Researchers at MIT have found that de-identified patient data runs an extremely low risk of being re-identified in the event of a data breach. Study authors concluded that that the potential risk to patient privacy in sharing de-identified data is greatly outweighed by the gains for patients through medical research.

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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. This is despite the fact that 65% of survey respondents saying they believe patients should own their data.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

To better address identity management at SCHIO, Dan Chavez, Executive Director of SCHIO (Santa Cruz Health Information Organization), turned to Verato. I also asked Chavez how expanding HIE data to include things like SDoH impacted identity management and whether it made it more challenging.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Effective Health Information Exchange (HIE) requires a secure and reliable Health Information Service Provider (HISP) infrastructure to provide HIPAA-compliant delivery of healthcare information. To learn more about this move, we sat down with Sara Abrams, MPH, VP, Data Analytics and Quality Assurance at Rochester RHIO.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

Rochester Regional Health is using a measured and practical approach to data interoperability. They have focused their efforts on data that clinicians want to use, that fits their workflow, and can be seamlessly incorporated into their Epic system. When the work was done, the lab data seamlessly appeared within Epic.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Patients, regulators, and payers are insisting on data exchange in health care. Innovar Healthcare, therefore, focuses on converting patient records between different formats and vendors and getting the patient data where it needs to go. You have to understand how the sending and receiving vendor formats and sends the data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. There’s no one solution that will solve the health data sharing problem. Maybe we should call it meaningful data sharing? (Is

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches. Median hospital margins hit 5.2%

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the world of health IT and healthcare policy, this is the day we love to share our love (and some disdain) for healthcare in what we call #HealthPolicyValentines. Less fragmented health data. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! May your lives be filled with love this day. What does that mean for patients?

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