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Two Use Cases for Improving Outcomes with ADT Notifications: Part III
May 1, 2021, marked an important deadline for hospitals to comply with a requirement to send electronic admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) event notifications to all providers primarily...Health Information Exchanges Form Consortium for Interoperability
Six major health information exchanges (HIEs) have joined forces to form the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), to enhance individual and population health through patient data...CT Health Information Exchange Inks 25 Providers to Expand Network
CONNIE, Connecticut’s statewide health information exchange, has announced the addition of 25 healthcare providers, highlighted by two of the state’s largest providers, to its future...How a Health Information Exchange Can Boost COVID-19 Vaccination
Health information exchanges (HIEs) are needed to help states identify and prioritize individuals who receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Without leveraging HIEs, the coronavirus recovery timeline could...Texas HIE Develops Clinically Integrated Network to Boost Care
HASA, Texas’ multi-regional health information exchange (HIE), and Aspen Physician Network, a Texas independent physician group, have joined forces to develop a clinically integrated network...Nebraska Health Information Exchange Joins SDOH Data Group
CyncHealth (formerly NEHII, or the Nebraska Health Information Initiative), the state’s health information exchange, has joined the Gravity Project, a community-led HL7 Fast Healthcare...Oklahoma Statewide HIE Denies Protest from Local Nonprofit HIE
The Oklahoma Purchasing Director, a state government leader, denied a protest from the Tulsa-based MyHealth Access Network, stating that the Oklahoma State Health Information Exchange will move forward...API Adoption Can Accelerate Interoperability, Patient Data Exchange
Application programming interface (API) adoption in healthcare will give clinicians and patients access to patient data and allow third-party applications access patient information and boost patient...CT Health Information Exchange Hits Snag, Uncertain Future Remains
Connecticut state leaders have found it challenging to implement a statewide health information exchange (HIE). The state will now try for the fifth time to make it happen, according to The Connecticut...Providers, Vendors Trending Upwards in Achieving Interoperability
The number of providers that are achieving deep interoperability has doubled since 2017, according to research conducted by KLAS Research and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives...Adventist Signs Onto California HIE to Boost Patient Data Exchange
Adventist Health, a major faith-based health system, announced it has connected to Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s statewide health information exchange (HIE), to boost interoperability and...Local Nonprofit HIE Files Protest Against Oklahoma Statewide HIE
A dispute over the bidding process for health IT vendors supporting an Oklahoma health information exchange has resulted in considerable debate, according to Tulsa World. Following a 13-month process,...HHS to Award Funding to Boost Immunization Information Systems, HIEs
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will distribute funds across the country to enhance patient data sharing between health information exchanges (HIEs) and...Skilled Nursing Facilities Lack Enhanced Patient Data Sharing
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) reported significant deficiencies in the completeness, timeliness, and usability of patient data sharing from hospitals to SNFs, according to a study published in JAMA...The Sequoia Project to Launch Emergency Preparedness Workgroup
The Sequoia Project announced it will launch an Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup focused on interoperability and health IT challenges to support emergency preparedness. This...AR Rural Hospitals Get Help to Boost Health Information Exchange
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has announced it has awarded $250,000 to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP) to further expand and enhance its health information exchange (HIE). The...Tips to Integrate Social Determinants of Health Data into the EHR
The Gravity Project, a community-led HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Accelerator, published an implementation and recommendation guide for social determinants of health (SDOH)...Epic Systems Hits Record 221M Patient Data Exchanges in October
Epic Systems has announced it facilitated over 221 million patient data exchanges through its Care Everywhere platform in October, a roughly 40 percent increase from the same time last year. As the...Sponsored by J2 Global
What It Means to Go Beyond ADT Notification Requirement: Part II
A new condition of participation for all hospitals to send the admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) event notifications to all providers primarily responsible for a patient's care is intended...Sponsored by J2 Global