Rural Healthcare

NC Works to Boost Broadband Access to Support Rural HIE Connectivity

July 7, 2023 - 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 through increased broadband access. The NCDIT Division of Broadband and Digital Equity aims to drive high-speed Internet access across the state,...

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Georgia HIE Receives $1M USDA Grant to Improve Rural Healthcare Services

by Hannah Nelson

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...

GAO: Small, Rural Hospital HIE Use Lags Larger Counterparts

by Hannah Nelson

While electronic health information exchange (HIE) has increased in recent years, use among small and rural hospitals is lower than that of other hospitals, according to a new GAO report. The report...

NC Health System Taps Epic Systems EHR During Affiliation Agreement

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) will begin an Epic Systems EHR implementation after signing a long-term Management Services Agreement (MSA) with the UNC Health board of...

How a Health Information Exchange Consortium Helped Cut Costs

by Hannah Nelson

While Alaska is physically removed from the continental United States, the state’s health information exchange (HIE), healtheConnect Alaska, has joined a health IT consortium that connects them...

Strengthening Patient Care as a Rural Health Information Exchange

by Christopher Jason

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...

Are Virtual, Hybrid EHR Implementations Here to Stay?

by Christopher Jason

The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a new way of installing health IT: virtual EHR implementations. Social distancing and COVID-19 travel bans limited the number of EHR implementation options for...

Oklahoma Statewide HIE Denies Protest from Local Nonprofit HIE

by Christopher Jason

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...

Local Nonprofit HIE Files Protest Against Oklahoma Statewide HIE

by Christopher Jason

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,...

AR Rural Hospitals Get Help to Boost Health Information Exchange

by Christopher Jason

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...

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