Rural Hospitals

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...

69% of Hospitals Can Access Clinical Documentation Measures from EHR Vendors

by Hannah Nelson

The percentage of smaller EHR vendors providing access to clinical documentation measures has increased in recent years, according to a study published in AJMC. Researchers analyzed four waves of a...

Critical Access Hospital Taps Cerner Cloud-Based EHR Platform

by Hannah Nelson

Experts at North Country Hospital (NCH), a critical access hospital in Newport City, Vermont, think the hospital has found its cloud-based EHR platform for the long-haul in a Cerner product, but it was a years-long process to get to the...

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...

NH Critical Access Hospital Taps MEDITECH Web-Based EHR Platform

by Christopher Jason

Speare Memorial Hospital, a New Hampshire-based critical access hospital (CAH), announced it will integrate MEDITECH Expanse EHR, the vendor’s web-based EHR platform. Speare Memorial, a former...

WA Hospital Implements Epic EHR to Support Rural Health Network

by Christopher Jason

Newport Hospital and Health Services (NHHS), a rural hospital that serves northeast Washington and northern Idaho, announced it is implementing Epic EHR to increase interoperability between the...

EHR Interoperability Continues to Climb in Acute Care Hospitals

by Christopher Jason

EHR interoperability among acute care hospitals increased from 2018 to 2019, according to the 2019 American Hospital Association IT Supplement published by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)...

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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