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HHS STAR HIE Program Funds 5 Organizations To Improve Interoperability

Electronic Health Reporter

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that five cooperative agreements to health information exchange organizations (HIEs) to help support state and local public health agencies in their efforts to respond to […].

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

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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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

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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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. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant.

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Ensuring Precision in Patient Identity: Modern Approaches to Master Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

First up was an intro to Healthix, one of the largest public HIEs out there that serves New York. 50 million patients with 105+ million inbound data is a lot of health data. It’s always interesting to see how an HIE is approaching their exchange of data.

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

Healthcare IT Today

Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. But as we talk about it, more and more HIE organizations have started to use it and the concept has been embraced by many. How are health data utilities evolving? I think it’s kind of HIE plus certain new characteristics.

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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

The scope of health data sharing and use of health data have expanded far beyond electronic health record adoption in healthcare settings to encompass data sets inclusive of demographics, behavioral health, social determinants of health (SDOH), and public health.