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FDA FHIR Pilot Automates Adverse Events Reporting and Validation with Cedars-Sinai and the VA Through eHealth Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange An FDA project aims to make it as easy as possible for clinicians to report adverse drug events and share important clinical data with public health agencies to investigate the event.

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TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

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The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange Change is scary. At eHealth Exchange, which is one of the first Qualified Health Information Networks™ (QHINs™) under TEFCA, we have a front-row seat to the framework’s ongoing implementation. eHealth Exchange is embracing both use cases.

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When eHealth goes viral: The strengths and weaknesses of health tech during COVID-19

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As the world slows down, the demand for eHealth is going viral; and it is happening fast and globally. Digital solutions, such as telemedicine and online crowdsourced health monitoring, are quickly shifting from a previously slow adoption path to a record pace of uptake. Medical distancing. The needs of technology in a crisis.

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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

Ankur Mathakia, Solutions Architect, Interoperability, Digital Health at Nordic Global Consulting From a technical perspective, there are ways that healthcare organizations will protect the privacy of their patients while still promoting innovation, especially in population health.

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The Role of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) in Facilitating Seamless Data Sharing Among Healthcare Entities

Healthcare IT Today

The QHIN community is committed to helping all healthcare organizations achieve connectivity and advancing use cases such as Healthcare Operations, Public Health, and Individual Access Services. eHealth Exchange is proud to be one of the first Designated QHINs.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . Their reasons for doing so vary – to streamline transfer of patients between networks, for example, or to support research or other secondary uses of deidentified data.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Public health in particular can leverage telehealth to great advantage. Let’s break down telehealth into three categories, and consider as an example public libraries that decide to offer telehealth in its various branches. And don’t forget, it’s quite difficult to have telehealth without broadband.