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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

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The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

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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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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

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Data sharing decisions impact the care that patients receive every day. As a board-certified physician in clinical informatics working for the second-largest municipal health system in the U.S., As a board-certified physician in clinical informatics working for the second-largest municipal health system in the U.S.,

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Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

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Partnerships AHIMA and The Sequoia Project unveiled a data usability validator tool aimed at improving data usability and quality and testing services. Philips expanded its partnership with AWS to manage and analyze digital pathology data. HIE entity Velatura and DocuSign announced a pilot to streamline patient consent.

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Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

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John talked to Kno2 co-founder Theresa Bell and John Mannion of Consensus Cloud Solutions about the benefits of integrating fax into healthcare communication tools. These tools can detect problems such as missing or incorrect image alt text, hard-to-read fonts, or animations that could trigger epileptic symptoms.

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Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

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Innovar Healthcare, therefore, focuses on converting patient records between different formats and vendors and getting the patient data where it needs to go. The problem most organizations face with health data interoperability is that it is not just about the data or the formats.

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

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Surveys A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SDOH data. Hawai’i HIE chose 4medica to assist with data quality improvement.