Health Information Exchange (HIE)
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Governor, Hawai'i HIE Update Memorandum of Agreement, Announce Implementation of the State's Health Information Exchange Network
Governor Neil Abercrombie and the Hawai'i Health Information Exchange (Hawai'i HIE) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement outlining how Hawai'i HIE and the state will collaborate to develop and implement a statewide health information network that enables Hawai'i health providers to share electronic patient health information. A signing ceremony was held in the Governor's office to formally confirm the agreement.
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GPSoC Vendors Taking Steps In The Right Direction….
EHI are reporting that Microtest and TPP have signed up to the MIG/Healthcare Gateway project, joining EMIS, INPS and Adastra in enabling the sharing of data between healthcare professionals. Good to see that all five vendors can play nicely together to improve data exchanges in the healthcare information economy. Read More »
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Greenway Founding Member Of Carequality Data Exchange Initiative
Greenway® is joining more than two dozen healthcare organizations representing providers, retail health, health information exchanges, health information technology, payers and other multi-platform networks in founding and supporting roles of Carequality (“care-e-quality”) during its launch at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS14) in Orlando. Read More »
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Group Contracted To Study DoD-VA iEHR Migration At Pacific JITC
The Military Health System (MHS) has awarded Eleu Pacific Partners a two-year, $11.2 million contract to conduct a feasibility study of the transition and migration strategies to be used by the Pacific Joint Information Technology Center (JITC), according to an announcement by Tricare Management Activity (TMA). Read More »
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Halamka on China's Expanding Healthcare System
On Monday and Tuesday I met with government, industry, and academic stakeholders in Qingdao and Shenzhen China to discuss healthcare technology, patient empowerment, and process improvement in the rapidly expanding Chinese healthcare system. Over the past few years, I’ve watched the Chinese government gradually change policy - from promoting a fully public healthcare system, to limited pilots of private facilities, to embracing public/private partnerships... Read More »
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Harris Healthcare Solutions Achieves Critical Milestone In Secure Exchange Of Health Information
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has successfully deployed its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Suite solution enabling the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to securely exchange health information. Read More »
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Hawaii Beacon Infuses Health IT, Care Coordination With Aloha
Some patients on the island of Hawaii live in communities far apart from each other and from physicians and hospitals, with few methods of transportation except the family vehicle. Like other rural areas, this situation puts patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions at greater risk of costly hospitalization. Read More »
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Hawaii Beacon Touts New Successes
When ONC reported to Congress last month on both the HITECH Act's achievements and the barriers left to overcome, officials cited notable progress seen across the $250 million Beacon Community projects. [...] Read More »
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Hawaii HIE Supporting A Diverse Health IT Ecosystem
Hawaii was one of the last states in the U.S. to adopt Direct secure messaging services, said Christine Sakuda, executive director of the Hawaii Health Information Exchange, but in the past few years, providers and physicians on the state’s seven islands have embraced electronic health record systems, through a mix of public and payer incentives. Read More »
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Hawaii HIE Will Improve Patient Care In East Hawaii
The East Hawai‘i Region of the Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) has entered into a data sharing agreement with the Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (Hawai‘i HIE). The cooperation will improve care access for about 10,000 in East Hawai’i. Read More »
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Health Affairs Briefing at the National Press Club on Health IT Adoption & Use
National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Farzard Mostashari, delivered the opening remarks at the Health Affairs briefing on trends in the adoption of health information technology held this week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Sharing 'open data' is prominent among the accumulating good news about the progress being made in adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems across the U.S. Read More »
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Health Data Exchange Falling Short of Patient Expectations
Patients think health data access between multiple disparate providers is critical to quality healthcare, according to a recent survey, but that reality is not yet realized. The survey, conducted by Humana subsidiary Transcend Insights, found that 97 percent of patients want for healthcare organizations of any location or specialty to have access to their full patient records. According to 87 percent of the survey’s nearly 2,600 respondents, this access is especially important for primary care providers...
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Health Gorilla and the Puerto Rico Department of Health Reach Milestone in Health Information Exchange Network
Health Gorilla, the largest interoperability provider in Puerto Rico, in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH), today announced a milestone achievement following the official launch of the Puerto Rico Health Information Exchange (PRHIE) on July 1st. In the one month since go-live, Health Gorilla has successfully connected 25% of Puerto Rico's population to the PRHIE. This innovative project enables healthcare providers to access and share patient medical record data securely and electronically across more than 400 care sites, 4,200 providers, and more than 700,000 patients.
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Health Information Exchange (HIE) Implementations Encounter Obstacles
States are also pursuing diverse policies to address budgetary concerns about HIEs, according to Brookings. Those concerns are substantial: only 10 percent of HIEs self-report that they have a sustainable business model. Even Indiana, one of the oldest and most respected state exchanges, had an operating loss of nearly $275,000 in 2010.
Health Information Exchanges and Megachange
In this paper, Darrell West and Allan Friedman study how state-level health information exchanges (HIEs) are implemented, where there are opportunities for action and who drives policy change.
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