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eHealth Exchange is Promoting Health Record Sharing, Past and Future

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2025

eHealth Exchange , a non-profit started by Health & Human Services and now a separate non-profit, helps health care institutions exchange over two billion records a month. In this video, President Jay Nakashima explains the role they play, particularly in public health, scaling FHIR and TEFCA. Tell us what you think.

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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

After more than 15 years of creating and pushing health IT innovations forward in the state, the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative has completed its final dissolution. Before dissolving , MAeHC had assigned its contract with the New England Healthcare Exchange Network to the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium.

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Putting patients at the heart of digital healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 28, 2024

After all, it should be the patients themselves who benefit most from digitalization in healthcare. The eHealth patient portal does more than just remind the patient of their next doctor’s appointment; it also facilitates digital consultations, reliably processes individual health data, and offers additional medical information.

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Altera Addresses Data Integration and Patient Engagement in Canada

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 5, 2024

They partner closely with clients there to implement their cloud-based Sunrise EHR , their dbMotion data integration platform, and more. For example, how are they addressing interoperability of health data across the provinces in Canada. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube.

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

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This security risk, though high, shouldn’t discourage us from sharing data but we do need to make sure that we balance our conversations of how great data sharing is with conversations of the security needed to ensure this information stays safe and private.

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem. So, the final HTI-1 rule shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to readers of Healthcare IT Today.

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New York State HIE Is Lowering Healthcare Costs By As Much As $200 Million

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A New York HIE has concluded that it’s having the impact supporters of data sharing have always hoped for – generating a substantial level of healthcare savings.

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Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan Torrens , CEO at eHealth Technologies Health information management teams everywhere are constantly doing more, but somehow it always feels like playing catch up. It’s well past time for hospitals and healthcare systems across the U.S. Notably, between 30 and 47 percent of U.S.

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QHIN Reactions at the ONC Annual Meeting

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We previously shared ONC’s big QHIN announcement which shared the names of five officially designated QHINs as part of TEFCA: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus Health Gorilla KONZA MedAllies No doubt, the timing of this announcement was planned to coincide with the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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. . Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment. Does the Exchange Allow Participants Full Control Over Their Data?

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Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is indeed an instance of transformational change. Wilder Paul is Executive Director of CommonWell Health Alliance, a not-for-profit trade association devoted to promoting health data interoperability nationwide.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Weekly Roundup – March 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Given the nation’s lack of lab data standards, there are 40 different ways to code a negative PCR test result. Using AI to Detect Rare Conditions.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Read more… How Were the Spring Health IT Conferences ?

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Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2024

So let’s take a moment to check in and examine the current state of healthcare – how is interoperability in healthcare advancing and what role does TEFCA play in facilitating seamless data sharing among healthcare entities? eHealth Exchange is proud to be one of the first Designated QHINs.

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HIEs Must Shift From Health Data Sharing To Curating And Analyzing Data

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

After years of evolving and struggling to find a solid business model, HIEs have finally found a reasonably secure place in the healthcare system. The thing is, the job they’ve learned to do – serving as an exchange point for any and all data coming their way – may already be outmoded, according to Claudia […].

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Featured Health IT Job: Executive Coordinator

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Executive Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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Weekly Roundup – December 14, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, well be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why theyre important to the healthcare IT community. Which EHR Innovations Can Enable Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers ?

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Enhancing Interoperability and Data Sharing with Innovative Technologies and Standards

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Today we are going to focus on the innovative technologies and standards that are currently being employed to make our dreams of a better system of interoperability and data sharing a reality.

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Do We Misunderstand the Scope of the Interoperability Need?

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2022

For quite a while now I’ve had this cognitive dissonance in my head about healthcare interoperability. On the one hand, I’d see all these announcements about the success of interoperability projects and the literally millions and billions of health records and data that’s being shared.

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CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients

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JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Americans enjoy the benefits of the best healthcare providers and innovators in the world. Through MyHealthEData, CMS envisions a future in which all patients have access to their own health data and use it to make the right decisions for themselves and to get the best value.

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Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deven McGraw , Co-Founder of Ciitizen® and Lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae Corporation HIEs and HINs Should take Key Actions Now to Prepare for the Enforcement of the Information Blocking Rules On Sept.

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MEDITECH Addressing Canada’s Interoperability Challenge with a Federated Approach

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2024

Unlike an HIE, Traverse does not store any health data. Instead, it uses a federated approach where the data remains in the source system. MEDITECH has long been a part of the Canadian healthcare landscape. For years they have been helping provider organizations across the country with different digital health solutions.

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Weekly Roundup – June 24, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 24, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… How Are You Incorporating AI and ChatGPT Into Healthcare ? Healthcare IT Today posed this question to the experts in out community.

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Interoperability Perspectives and Insights from the eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This week I had a chance to attend the eHealth Exchange Annual meeting to learn more about what’s happening with their network along with a wide variety of inteorperability topics. The conference covered a wide range of topics from public health to TEFCA and everything in between. This roadmap illustrates some of that sentiment.

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TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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. But we believe that is a mistake.

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Altera Addresses Data Integration and Patient Engagement in Canada

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

Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

New York State HIE Is Lowering Healthcare Costs By As Much As $200 Million

Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

QHIN Reactions at the ONC Annual Meeting

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

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HIEs Must Shift From Health Data Sharing To Curating And Analyzing Data

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Weekly Roundup – December 14, 2024

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CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients

Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

MEDITECH Addressing Canada’s Interoperability Challenge with a Federated Approach

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Interoperability Perspectives and Insights from the eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting

TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

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