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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Practically overnight, the LANES platform eliminated faxing at CSC altogether, and connected CSC electronically to community providers also using the HIE. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. Another telehealth benefit to HIE participation is the newfound ability to reconcile medications.

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

This avoids the laborious process and delays associated with calling, faxing, and contacting providers and family members. 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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The New Interoperability Rules Are Nearly Here. Are You Ready?

Electronic Health Reporter

By Sandy Phillips, CIO, HIE Networks. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The patient was prepped and ready on the operating table when the surgeon realized he only had a report of a CT scan and would need the actual images […].

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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. There is nothing in existing HIE that is "Provider-Centered". I truly feel sorry for Providers that are going out-of-their-way to use an HIE for the benefit of their Patient.

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Patient Centered HIE

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There no network that I know of that provides a view of how the HIE was used to expose the Patient data. Even HIPAA acknowledged the need for the Patient to 'Amend" their data. Who requested the access? What did they ask for? What did they get? When was this? Where was this? Why did they access (PurposeOfUse)?

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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. Epic argued the unauthorized requests could compromise the exchange of PHI.

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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. As the industry standard, Direct Secure Messaging continues to expand nationally.