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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

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Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

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Health information exchanges (HIEs) are well-situated to help healthcare organizations achieve three core goals of value-based care: providing better care for individuals, reducing healthcare costs, and improving population health management strategies. A well-designed HIE can offer tremendous advantages. Resources for All States.

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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

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Here’s a quick summary of what everyone had to say in the video: Deven McGraw, Head of Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae – It’s not a replacement for Community HIE but I think it’s an essential tool for making sure that there’s nationwide exchange.

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How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

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But as we talk about it, more and more HIE organizations have started to use it and the concept has been embraced by many. I think it’s kind of HIE plus certain new characteristics. Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. This naturally made it a hot topic at the recent Civitas Conference.

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Discern Health Ties Interventions to Patient Improvements

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Paulo Pinho, MD, Chief Medical and Strategy Officer at Discern Health , highlighted to us that analytics have to be explainable to be trusted. Ben Hsieh, Vice President of Product, says that Discern Health works with payers, providers, and Health Information Exchanges (HIE).

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

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Laudio and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership will produce biannual reports and insights from the perspective of nursing leadership. New York City HIE entity Healthix chose CLEAR identity verification technology for its My Health Record NY portal. Home care EMR software maker Smartcare Software rebranded as Aaniie.

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What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

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Justin Villines, MBA, HIT Policy Director at SHARE HIE – I think listening to our customers and our participants. Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Senior Director of Community Strategy at DirectTrust – I would love to see more people of the spirit of #TeamInterop and talking about collaboration.