Connecticut Launches Long-Awaited Health Information Exchange
Following several fruitless attempts over the past decade and a half, Connecticut has launched its statewide health information exchange to streamline patient data exchange across the state. After...Most Health Information Exchanges in Strong Position for TEFCA
Most state and local health information exchanges (HIEs) are supporting a vast number of services and are developing connections to each other and national networks in preparation for the Trusted...Best Practices for Integrating SDOH Data into the EHR
Identifying and implementing social determinants of health (SDOH) data into the EHR is critical to finding answers to a state’s most significant issues. Once identified, SDOH data helps...National Patient Identifier Coalition Launches Strategic Framework
Patient ID Now, a national patient identifier coalition of over 40 healthcare organizations, has called on the federal government to collaborate with the private sector and public health organizations...How Regenstrief Built an Emergency EHR System During COVID-19
To aid Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services (IEMS) with an influx of COVID-19 patients, researchers from Regenstrief Institute utilized a global open-source EHR, OpenMRS, to create an emergency EHR...ONC Leader Tripathi Offers Tips for Interoperability Rule Success
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is gearing up to help organizations succeed with all phases of the interoperability rule, focused mainly on moving a range of health IT levers in...CT Health Information Exchange Adds First Integrated Delivery System
CTHealthLink (CTHL), a physician-led health information exchange (HIE) established in partnership with the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS), added its first integrated delivery system to its...Strengthening Patient Care as a Rural Health Information Exchange
It’s hard for providers in remote locations to deliver high-quality and coordinated patient care without a rural health information exchange (HIE). HIEs are crucial for connecting communities...Pew Urges ONC to Expand USCDI to Boost Patient Data Exchange
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) should expand the data required in the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) to improve public health...Local Nonprofit HIE Ends Battle Against Oklahoma Statewide HIE
MyHealth Access Network, a Tulsa-based nonprofit health information exchange (HIE), has withdrawn its Oklahoma State Health Information Network and Exchange (OKSHINE) vendor protest after a prolonged...CT to Implement Statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection’s Drug Control Division announced a statewide EHR integration of its prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) after receiving $1.3 million in...NY Health Information Exchange Strives to Mitigate Childhood Obesity
Rochester RHIO, a New York-based regional health information exchange (HIE), and its local partners developed a childhood obesity tool to boost public health and aid communities where childhood obesity...Tripathi: ONC Working to Boost Interoperability, COVID-19 Response
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will maintain its focus on mitigating COVID-19 through health IT while also prioritizing interoperability, National Coordinator for Health IT,...NYeC to Develop Social Determinants of Health Initiative
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and 2-1-1 New York, Inc. (2-1-1 NY), an affiliate of United Way of New York State, will work to promote patient data exchange through social determinants of...Pew Calls for Electronic Case Reporting for Potential Pandemics
Pew Charitable Trusts, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) recommended the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...Sponsored by J2