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Global Pandemic: Accelerating The Adoption of HIEs

Electronic Health Reporter

By Gary Larson, executive vice president and general manager of HIE solutions, eHealth Technologies. The Strategic Health Information Collaborative (SHIEC) Annual Conference took place again, this time as a five-week virtual event from August 17 […].

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

Healthcare IT Today

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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TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

Healthcare IT Today

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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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. By selecting a network that understands their unique needs, these entities can continue to serve their members and stakeholders – while gaining the broader access and connectivity that a large health information exchange (HIE) offers. .

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

Healthcare IT Today

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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Patient Matching Errors Continue To Be Common

Healthcare IT Today

The survey, which was conducted by the eHealth Initiative and commissioned by NextGate, included 118 respondents, roughly two-thirds of which were providers. Patient matching problems are persistent across healthcare organizations and continue to pose patient safety risks, according to a new survey addressing these issues.

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HIE Future is bright - single connection to hub

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The next item on the HIE Future is Bright list is movement from "Multiple Point-to-Point Connections" to "Single Connection to Hub". In the case of most HIE traffic today it is for the PurposeOfUse of "Treatment". This change is purely administrative, but is still significant. I will guess, but will keep my guesses here limited.

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