Civitas Adds New Members to Drive Collaboration, Interoperability
Civitas Networks for Health, an organization that aims to support interoperability through widespread collaboration, has added 11 new organizations to its membership in the first half of 2023. Civitas...How a Patient Record ‘Snapshot’ is Driving HIE Data Access
While health information exchange (HIE) can help drive patient-centered care, data access must be clinician-centered to realize the full benefits of interoperability. Clinicians often must sign out of their EHR system into a separate HIE...NC Works to Boost Broadband Access to Support Rural HIE Connectivity
Three business units within the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) are collaborating to improve health information exchange (HIE) connectivity for rural healthcare providers...EHR Data Quality Guidelines Needed to Drive Interoperability
Guidelines are needed for EHR data quality assessment (DQA) to improve the efficiency, transparency, comparability, and interoperability of data quality assessment, according to a study published in...HL7, WHO Partner to Drive Global Interoperability Standards Adoption
Standards-development organization Health Level Seven International (HL7) and The World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a Project Collaboration Agreement to support the global adoption of open...FQHC Implements eClinicalWorks EHR to Enhance Clinical Documentation
Central Virginia Health Services, Inc. (CVHS), a federally qualified health center (FQHC), has upgraded to the latest eClinicalWorks’ EHR system, V12, to enhance clinical documentation...Georgia HIE Receives $1M USDA Grant to Improve Rural Healthcare Services
Georgia’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), has received a $1,000,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...Ohio HIE Expands Partnership to Drive Interoperability, Data Usability
The Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), which operates CliniSync, a nonprofit health information exchange (HIE), has announced an expanded partnership that aims to improve interoperability and...DirectTrust Releases Draft Criteria for RA Health IT Accreditation Programs
DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has announced a 60-day public comment and...Oklahoma Governor Rejects Proposed Rule Changes for Statewide HIE
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has rejected proposed rule changes by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) regarding the implementation of a statewide health information exchange (HIE), according to...USVI Governor Signs Agreement for HIE Interoperability Pilot
The Governor of The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) has signed a “Letter of Intent” with CRISP Shared Services to participate in an interoperability pilot program that will lay the...HIA Calls ONC to Reconsider Health IT Requirements of Proposed Rule
The Health Innovation Alliance (HIA) has submitted comments on the ONC proposed rule, Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1), which aims to implement provisions of the 21st Century Cures...HIE Announces Health IT Partnership to Drive EHR Interoperability
HI-BRIDGE HIE has partnered with health IT vendor Innovar to improve EHR interoperability. HI-BRIDGE HIE is an independent regional information exchange established through the National Center for...VA Officials Exploring Health IT, HIE Solutions to Improve Interoperability
Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are looking to health IT to enhance interoperability with non-VA providers, according to reporting from MeriTalk. At a House Veterans'...Mercy Health Introduces Community Data Hub for Public Health
Mercy Health has released a Community Health Data Hub to provide public health stakeholders, community organizations, and residents access to county-level health data, according to reporting from The...Sponsored by Consensus Cloud Solutions