Interoperability

Carequality interoperability network celebrates 10 years of HIE

March 27, 2024 - Carequality, a national interoperability trusted exchange framework for health information exchange (HIE), is celebrating its tenth anniversary since The Sequoia Project, a nonprofit advocate for nationwide HIE, first launched the initiative. Carequality became an independent nonprofit organization five years ago. Today, the framework supports the...


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Limited EHR integration impacts use of clinical communication tools

by Hannah Nelson

Adopters of interoperability solutions for clinical communications report various levels of EHR integration, even among the most deeply engaged clients, according to a KLAS report. Most respondents...

KLAS: Epic leads EHR mindshare for independent ambulatory care orgs

by Hannah Nelson

Epic and athenahealth have the greatest EHR mindshare for potential purchasing decisions across independent ambulatory practices, according to the 2024 KLAS Ambulatory EHR/PM Mindshare report. To...

Arkansas Heart deploys Oracle Health EHR to enhance interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Arkansas Heart Hospital is implementing Oracle Health EHR and patient accounting solutions across its network of ambulatory clinics and two hospitals to drive interoperability. In combination with the...

Surescripts reports increase in patient data sharing across HIE network

by Hannah Nelson

The Surescripts 2023 National Progress Report underscores interoperability gains across the health information exchange (HIE) network, including a 10 percent increase in patient data sharing compared...

VA announces joint EHR deployment with DoD during EHRM program reset

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense (DoD), and Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office recently launched the federal EHR at the Captain James A. Lovell...

HEALTHeLINK HIE Launches Dashboard for Community Health

by Hannah Nelson

HEALTHeLINK, a health information exchange (HIE) serving Western New York, has launched a dashboard to support community health. The HEALTHeWNY Dashboard allows users to search data at a county and...

Epic, Oracle Adopt USCDI+ Cancer Standard for Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Several EHR vendors, including Epic and Oracle, have agreed to adopt United States Core Data for Interoperability Plus Cancer (USCDI+ Cancer), a recommended minimum set of cancer-related data elements...

The Sequoia Project, HL7 Partner to Advance FHIR Adoption Nationwide

by Hannah Nelson

Health Level Seven International (HL7), a health data standards-development organization, and The Sequoia Project, a non-profit advocate for nationwide health data interoperability, have announced a...

Regenstrief Updates LOINC with 800 Concepts for Health Data Exchange

by Hannah Nelson

Regenstrief Institute has issued its semiannual release of LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes), which includes updates to support health data exchange for various...

SC Health System Invests $40M in Epic EHR Platform for Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Tidelands Health, an affiliate of The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health, is replacing multiple health IT systems with an Epic EHR to enhance health data interoperability. The $40...

HIE, NextGen Aid Compliance with Health Data Exchange Framework

by Hannah Nelson

A California-based health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare to help healthcare providers comply with the state’s new health data exchange...

Lawmakers Introduce MATCH IT Act for Patient Matching, Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

United States Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) have introduced new legislation aimed at improving patient matching and promoting interoperability. The Patient Matching and Transparency...

eHealth Exchange Announces Public Health Data Sharing Incentives

by Hannah Nelson

eHealth Exchange is launching an incentive program to drive public health data sharing across its health information exchange (HIE) network. eHealth Exchange will waive annual fees for three years for...

How DirectTrust is Enhancing Health Data Interoperability, Usability

by Hannah Nelson

Over 300,000 healthcare organizations have access to Direct, making it the most ubiquitous interoperability data standard, according to Scott Stuewe, president and CEO of DirectTrust, the non-profit healthcare industry alliance that...

HHS, ONC Designate Additional QHINs for TEFCA Health Data Exchange

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), has designated two additional organizations as Qualified...

ONC, SAMHSA Launch Initiative for Behavioral Health IT Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have partnered on an initiative that aims to...

Community Health Systems Taps Google Cloud Migration, Gen AI

by Hannah Nelson

Community Health Systems (CHS) has completed data migration to a Google Cloud platform to advance healthcare interoperability and generative AI deployment across its 71 affiliated hospitals. Google...

Epic Study Finds Health Data Exchange Lowers Risk of Code Blue

by Hannah Nelson

Access to outside health data is associated with a reduced risk of code blue events in the emergency department (ED), according to an Epic Research study. ED clinicians triage patients to determine...

What Providers Can Expect for Information Blocking Enforcement

by Hannah Nelson

While the 21st Century Cures Act prohibited information blocking in 2016, healthcare interoperability has remained a persistent challenge across the country. The Cures Act defines information blocking as any practice likely to interfere...