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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

General were not participating in data sharing. As data sharing initiatives gain momentum, including TEFCA nationally and the Data Exchange Framework in California, it’s an important reminder that data sharing advancement is more than a policy or technological discussion.

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New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Though CSC had digitized its own patient records at its four FQHCs in the last decade, faxing remained the only way to share data with other local practices and hospitals to get the most current patient-encounter data to inform care. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. THE PROBLEM.

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CyncHealth Optimizes Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

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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Bonus Features – April 14, 2024 – Less than 6 in 10 docs satisfied with electronic access to external immunization info, 68% of nurses are feeling overwhelmed, plus 38 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Subsequent statements and social media posts, summarized nicely here by Brendan Keeler, indicate the shut-off occurred in response to Particle Health users requesting data without having a legitimate Treatment use case as defined by HIPAA. Apixio is partnering with Vim to capture and analyze patient data at the point of care.

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HIE transition to Patient-Centered from Provider-Centered

Healthcare Exchange Standards

So I often get frustrated when someone says that the HIE needs to become Patient Centered. There is no other purpose of an HIE besides the Patient. In Wisconsin we do have Consent, specifically there is a state wide system for a Patient to choose to NOT allow their data to be shared over the exchange. But it is more than some.

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Rochester RHIO Advances Interoperability Using Best-in-Class Direct Secure Messaging

Healthcare IT Today

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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Patient Centered HIE

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Patients controlling use of their data Provide the ability of the Patient to set rules for how their data can be used. This is otherwise called Consent, but many people have a very constrained definition of Consent, so I am happy to indicate it is rules for how the data can be used. Controlling the data use is fundamental.

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