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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. Some ready-made CSS tools that states will find useful include: .

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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Importantly, communities most impacted by poor health outcomes need to be at the table to inform interventions and initiatives. Our collective effort is rooted in the principle of empowering communities by equipping them with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions.

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

As part of their intake process, the team checked Alex’s (a pseudonym) medical history through the hospital’s health information organization and discovered the patient had recently undergone a cardiac surgery at a different hospital; their post-surgical issues had merely mimicked a neurological challenge.

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IHE whitepaper on Health Information Exchange models

Healthcare Exchange Standards

One of the most significant applications of healthcare information technology is the exchange of health information among disparate clinical information systems and otherwise unaffiliated care providers. The Health Information Exchange model presented is an Infrastructure, it is not constraining the content.

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FHIR data in existing Nationwide Health Information Exchange

Healthcare Exchange Standards

In the USA and elsewhere, there are Document Sharing based Health Information Exchanges. They also have mature testing tools, events, and have been specialized for many projects. This model is used at the state level, and has three flavors at the national level, with interoperability between them.

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

Following the announcement of implementation of the Carequality-CommonWell interoperability collaboration, I was fortunate enough to catch up with Micky Tripathi ( @mickytripathi1 ) to discuss this development and put it in context. Micky is bullish on interoperability, both over the near term (the next 12-18 months) and the long term.