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Unified Data: The Key to HIE Success

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The following is a guest article by Todd Broadhurst, Solutions Director, Tamr. Electronic Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are exploding globally and in the U.S., with 92% of the U.S. population now served by them. Private companies, states, and even large counties and cities are scrambling to launch their own HIEs. Why the exponential growth?

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

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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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Finding the Right Application for AI at Guidewell DCMG

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Obtaining the records, reading them, and entering summaries into Guidewell’s own EHR was labor-intensive. Guidewell operates in Florida and many patients come from out-of-state and their records are scattered among various HIEs and other healthcare organizations.

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

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For example, medical and billing information contained in the designated record set are included, as is any EHI held by EHR software or by a health information network. Who is Accountable for Compliance With the New EHI Definition? The rules against information blocking apply to any “actor” as defined in the Cures Act.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 50: California Health IT with David T. Ford

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Having lived through the adoption experience of EHR and HIE, we ask Ford what he thinks has gone right with this in California and what still needs improvements. You lived through the EHR and HIE adoption experience, what do you think we’ve gotten right and where do we still have work to do to improve care in California?

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Just Get Connected Already

Healthcare IT Today

The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. This is the burden still faced by three quarters of U.S. clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then.

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Medicare ACOs Improving Care Coordination With Health IT, But Still Have Work To Do

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A recent study by the HHS Office of Inspector General suggests that Medicare ACOs coordinate care more effectively when they have the right health IT tools in place, particularly when ACO members share one EHR platform and have access to a robust HIE. Folks, I know that reading OIG reports can be about as exciting […].