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How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Healthcare IT Today

But as we talk about it, more and more HIE organizations have started to use it and the concept has been embraced by many. I think it’s kind of HIE plus certain new characteristics. You’re seeing some HIEs further along, but it’s definitely a concept we’re talking a lot about.

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EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Healthcare IT Today

Because penalties for information blocking – that is, any practice that interferes with access, exchange, or use of electronic health data – are tied to the definition of EHI. The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The IHE IT-Infrastructure committee continues to produce new and improved specifications for HIE interoperability. It is intended to be read by HIE and Healthcare IT Executives and Architects, Standards Development Architects, and health data exchange stakeholders in academia.

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Patient Centered HIE

Healthcare Exchange Standards

This is otherwise called Consent, but many people have a very constrained definition of Consent, so I am happy to indicate it is rules for how the data can be used. When I 'used' I also mean the broadest definition. There no network that I know of that provides a view of how the HIE was used to expose the Patient data.

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IHE Document Sharing (XDS) Metadata management Handbook

Healthcare Exchange Standards

This is described in the Enabling Document Sharing through IHE Profiles white paper (HIE using IHE). A Community deploying an HIE this way needs to define some metadata constraints and practices, so that the documents are found when they are needed. Each document shared is described by metadata.

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Bonus Features – August 28, 2022 – Epic data shows only 5% of OD patients get tested for fentanyl, 40% of clinicians plan to add AI to their day-to-day work, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The latest survey from Definitive Healthcare found that about 40% of healthcare professionals plan to incorporate AI and machine learning into their daily operations in the next two years , while 73% of organizations already using AI plan to expand their use. Partnerships.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

The traditional HIE subscriber model continues to become more complex, with challenges in achieving clinical outcomes and maintaining sustainable funding. The evolution of interoperability is happening now, and payers and providers need to be on top of TEFCA and HIE updates to provide continued clinical value.