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Lessons Learned from Micky Tripathi and the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC)

Healthcare IT Today

If you’ve worked in EHR and health IT, then you’ve almost certainly heard of Micky Tripathi. One of the early people involved with trying to encourage EHR adoption and interoperability of records, he’s had a big influence on the EHR industry and interoperability as we know it.

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

Healthcare IT Today

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. I expect we’ll see many more health IT companies become QHINs. This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data.

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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. . State and regional HIEs are critical to our nation’s goal of comprehensive interoperability. Does the Exchange Allow Participants Full Control Over Their Data?

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6 Organizations Approved as the Initial QHINs Under TEFCA

Healthcare IT Today

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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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Only 45% of consumers are fully satisfied with their health insurance , according to a survey from HealthEdge, and 40% blame insurers for the high cost of care. That said, 66% trust their health plan more that the government or non-traditional entities such as Amazon or Walmart to their health insurance.