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The Community Information Exchange: Accelerating Use of Social Determinants of Health

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2025

Steve Heard, Chief Innovation Officer at J2 Interactive , presents a strategy in this interview for dealing with new forms of data known as Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and how traditional HIEs can evolve to help organizations utilize this data. The SDoH data is being standardized thanks to the Gravity project at HL7.

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Orion Health launches new healthcare AI-enabled patient navigation services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

" New Zealand-based Orion Health, which also offers a clinical and medication management portal and health intelligence on its unified health information exchange platform, leverages existing technology, like electronic health records, and integrates with patient portals and other systems.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

Interestingly, an IBM survey of 200 healthcare executives in 16 countries focused on interest in adopting blockchain technology revealed that this is a very rapidly evolving area. One of the most obvious benefits of blockchain resides in improving privacy of electronic health records.

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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March. ONC’s latest data brief indicated that, as of the end of 2021, more than 60% of hospitals are actively engaged in sharing health information.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set). And the next chapter begins!

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A survey published in JAMIA found 73% of digital health vendors are using standards-based FHIR APIs when integrating with EHR systems. Roughly 83% of clinicians agree that telemedicine is effective for managing chronic conditions , according to a SteadyMD survey.

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Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

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. News and Studies.

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Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. That said, the majority of executives support TEFCA as well as information sharing for use cases beyond clinical care.

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Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2023

A survey from Nest Collaborative concluded that parents prefer virtual care for lactation services , with 64% of survey respondents using telehealth (either on its own or in conjunction with in-person visits) compared to 37% who exclusively used in-person services.

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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

As part of the NETCCN project, Avel eCARE worked collaboratively to develop a cloud-based, low-resource, standalone health information management system to create and coordinate flexible and extendable "virtual critical care wards." Survey and consent tools. HIPAA Compliant.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision. We need EHRs which are clinically oriented with good user interfaces.

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Bonus Features – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2023

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. HIE entity Contexture extended its relationship with Verato , an identity management vendor.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A survey from medication management provider Bluesight revealed that 85% of consumers have been surprised by the cost of their medication. Data service firm LogicStream Health is collaborating with FDB , integrating the FDB MedKnowledge database into its Drug Supply App.

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Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

DirectTrust released the finalized criteria for the Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP) Participant program , aligning accreditation requirements with the requirements necessary to participate with a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA. Healthcare organizations are spending $9.5

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The Challenges and Barriers in Standardized and Secure Data Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The large insurance companies, hospitals, and healthcare systems have signed on to health information exchange and will mandate that any business conducted with them will require vendors to use the data exchanges they support. That said, we are already seeing a Walmart-style model being deployed.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). That data can reveal important information that might not make it into the patient’s own record, such as an emergency room visit. See a survey cosponsored by Genpact.) ” The U.S.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A survey from medication management provider Bluesight revealed that 85% of consumers have been surprised by the cost of their medication. Data service firm LogicStream Health is collaborating with FDB , integrating the FDB MedKnowledge database into its Drug Supply App.

Primary Care

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The Role of Health Information Management in Improving the Accuracy and Accessibility of Patient Information Across Different Healthcare Systems

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In search of clarification on these complications, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask what role does health information management play in improving the accuracy and accessibility of patient information across different healthcare systems? The following are their answers.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.

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The Community Information Exchange: Accelerating Use of Social Determinants of Health

Orion Health launches new healthcare AI-enabled patient navigation services

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

Bonus Features – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

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