The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision. We need EHRs which are clinically oriented with good user interfaces.

Digital Health 87

Digital Health EHR Interoperability Health Information 87

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge. The traditional HIE subscriber model continues to become more complex, with challenges in achieving clinical outcomes and maintaining sustainable funding.

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Interoperability Health IT HIE EHR 100

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2022

Availity , one of the nation’s largest real-time health information networks, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Diameter Health , a national leader in clinical data quality and interoperability. a richer, more transparent exchange of information among health plans, providers, and technology partners.

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Interoperability Health Information HIE Health Data 92

Chilmark Research

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Our conversations with healthcare organizations (HCOs) has not been all that insightful either as their PHM definitions are as disparate as the vendors. So if analytics is the engine, what is the steering wheel, what are the tires, is HIE the gas tank, or the fueling station? Yes, we are looking beyond referrals!

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HIE EHR mHealth Health Information 60

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The Sequoia Project released several resources to help organizations comply with the information blocking requirements of the 21st Century CURES Act. PointClickCare is partnering with the Michigan Health Information Network to help post-acute providers and case managers exchange data with MiHIN.

Telemedicine 76

Telemedicine HIPAA Leadership HIE 76

Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 4, 2018

Universal Health ID -- Enable Privacy HIE/HIO Governance, Policies, and Consents IHE - Privacy and Security Profiles - Document Encryption This local processing might be automated algorithm, or might involve a human. Likely both. IHE FormatCodes are mandatory In Wisconsin we have Interoperability What is MHD beyond XDS-on-FHIR?

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HIE FHIR Health Information Interoperability 45

Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 3, 2016

Some examples where BPPC are used: Connecticut HIE: For release of Privileged Care information, a consent document SHALL be registered with HITE-CT in the form of a BPPC conformant document using the Opt-in for Legally Protected Data (ALL) policy. All Opt-in documents SHALL include an expiration date. Table 10.2.3-1 38571.2.1.3.1

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HIE FHIR Health Information Primary Care 49

Healthcare Exchange Standards

JANUARY 10, 2017

To learn more on Document Sharing, start here: Eating an Elephant -- How to approach IHE documentation on Health Information Exchange (HIE) So the Document Sharing family is a Content Agnostic mechanism for sharing Patient specific Documents. With a set of more narrow IHE Profiles in DSUB , MPQ , SeR , and MU.

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FHIR HIE Health Information Interoperability 40

Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Sharing of IPS (sIPS) IHE Profile provides for methods of exchanging the HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS) , using IHE Document Sharing Health Information Exchange but does not modify the HL7 IPS specification.

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FHIR HIE Health Information 72

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. Health Care Law and Consulting. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

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Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. Health Care Law and Consulting. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 3, 2015

Essentially the common HIE policies from BPPC. These would be scoped to sharing beyond the original organization and purpose for which the health information was created. This Basic Consent Directive would support the following HIE subtypes: Opt-In -- Agree to publish "All" healthcare information.

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HIE FHIR Health Information 40

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

Data privacy and security concerns are paramount, given the sensitive nature of health information and the need to protect patient confidentiality while ensuring accessibility for healthcare providers. Standard data representation, secure information exchange, and human-centric design will simplify care team decisions.

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Interoperability eHealth FHIR EHR 78

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR eHealth 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology.

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Interoperability EHR FHIR eHealth 60

Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 24, 2022

clarify explanation of each structureDefinition profile cleanup examples with explicit slice use to eliminate validation warnings add some oAuth AuditEvent examples fix the Actor definitions switch to new IHE template Trial Implementation - Sharing Valuesets, Codes, and Maps (SVCM) Release 1.5.0 was released. Converted from PDF to a FHIR IG.

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FHIR HIE Health Information Health Data 40

Healthcare Exchange Standards

JANUARY 25, 2017

Given XDS and XCA interactions that are often used in an Health Information Exchange (HIE), or a National Health Information Exchange (NHIE); there is no standards/profiled way to enable a point-of-care consent gathering workflow.

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HIE FHIR Health Information 45

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Kno2’s passion to enable health information exchange for all includes connecting and representing the needs of historically overlooked healthcare segments including post-acute, therapies, EMS, vision, dental, behavioral health, specialty providers and others. Post-Acute Providers for the Win!

Health Data 98

Health Data Health Information HIPAA Nursing 98

Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

authorized for wide distribution – like an emergency-data-set, or for dietary use-cases "L", because the content is not medical, or has been de-identified "U", because the content is not specific to an individual and is public This is right out of the definition of the vocabulary values 2.16.840.1.113883.5.25 for "_confidentiality".

FHIR 66

FHIR HIE Health Information Health Data 66

Docnotes

JULY 30, 2018

As health care has evolved from paper, there is now an extraordinary quantity of our health information that is stored digitally in hospitals, medical offices, and (yes – see above) Apple, Google, etc. We usually give permission for care providers to exchange our information. A short overview is here.

Health Information 40

Health Information HIPAA HIE 40

Healthcare Exchange Standards

JULY 15, 2015

authorized for wide distribution – like an emergency-data-set, or for dietary use-cases "L", because the content is not medical, or has been de-identified "U", because the content is not specific to an individual and is public This is right out of the definition of the vocabulary values 2.16.840.1.113883.5.25 for "_confidentiality".

FHIR 40

FHIR HIE Health Information 40

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients. The Harlow Group LLC.

Health IT 60

Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

Health IT 60

Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients. The Harlow Group LLC.

Health IT 60

Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

Health IT 60

Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

Health IT 60

Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie noted that patient matching is a significant issue for her organization’s constituency – health care organizations’ CIOs – both for immediate patient care reasons and because it is difficult to have meaningful conversations about interoperability without the means to definitively identify patients.

Health IT 60

Health IT Interoperability FHIR HIPAA 60

Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

By focusing on medical definitions of success (generally expressed as HEDIS measures), the program medicalized social problems and failed to explicitly recognize the significant role that social determinants play in the health of our communities. Did this happen everywhere? This was a minority of PPS. But it happened.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Telehealth HIE Public Health 52

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 9, 2019

That said, the goal of this project is to define realistic and effective guidance on implementation of Provenance in a cross-organizational health information exchange (HIE) for the purpose of Treatment (may be Payment). This project is not addressing the Provenance requirements for within an organization.

FHIR 40

FHIR HIE Health Information 40

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 19, 2017

In the IHE Glossary A community is defined as a group of facilities/enterprises that have agreed to work together using a common set of policies for the purpose of sharing health information via an established mechanism. It does not apply to XCA, as XCA uses the term "Community" in a rather similar but more expansive.

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HIE Health Information Interoperability 40