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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment. Already, several large networks – including mine – have signaled their intent to apply.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York. Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders, NYeC works to help New York State achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, delivering better health outcomes, and reducing costs. This position reports to the Director, Analytics.

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New York State HIE Is Lowering Healthcare Costs By As Much As $200 Million

Healthcare IT Today

According to an announcement by the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), organizations using the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY) are reducing needless healthcare spending in […].

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

Enhanced Information Blocking Requirements : Revises certain information blocking definitions and exceptions to support information sharing, and adds a new exception to encourage secure, efficient, standards-based exchange of electronic health information under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement SM (TEFCA SM ).

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Banner Health brings AI driven virtual assistants for better patient experience

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Given trends towards consumerism and digital health usage, Banner understands that many patients begin their care journey with internet searches, at a time when these patients feel sick and most vulnerable. In order to enable these real time updates on labs and images, we integrated the LifeLink bot into our EMR.