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New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Practically overnight, the LANES platform eliminated faxing at CSC altogether, and connected CSC electronically to community providers also using the HIE. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. Another telehealth benefit to HIE participation is the newfound ability to reconcile medications.

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The New Interoperability Rules Are Nearly Here. Are You Ready?

Electronic Health Reporter

By Sandy Phillips, CIO, HIE Networks. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The patient was prepped and ready on the operating table when the surgeon realized he only had a report of a CT scan and would need the actual images […].

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

This avoids the laborious process and delays associated with calling, faxing, and contacting providers and family members. As data sharing initiatives gain momentum, including TEFCA nationally and the Data Exchange Framework in California, it’s an important reminder that data sharing advancement is more than a policy or technological discussion.

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

Healthcare IT Today

Diana Sonbay-Benli, VP & Chief Product Officer, Cognizant TriZetto Healthcare Products at Cognizant Since the advent of HIPAA, almost a career’s duration ago, we’ve focused on the safeguarding of data. HIPAA/HITECH rules have been utilized in sharing data between various entities.

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Rochester RHIO Advances Interoperability Using Best-in-Class Direct Secure Messaging

Healthcare IT Today

Effective Health Information Exchange (HIE) requires a secure and reliable Health Information Service Provider (HISP) infrastructure to provide HIPAA-compliant delivery of healthcare information. As the industry standard, Direct Secure Messaging continues to expand nationally.

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Texting patient information – The latest from CMS

Health Blawg

In order to be compliant with the CoPs or CfCs [Conditions for Coverage], all providers must utilize and maintain systems/platforms that are secure, encrypted, and minimize the risks to patient privacy and confidentiality as per HIPAA regulations and the CoPs or CfCs. This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. David Harlow.

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HIE transition to Patient-Centered from Provider-Centered

Healthcare Exchange Standards

So I often get frustrated when someone says that the HIE needs to become Patient Centered. There is no other purpose of an HIE besides the Patient. There is nothing in existing HIE that is "Provider-Centered". I truly feel sorry for Providers that are going out-of-their-way to use an HIE for the benefit of their Patient.

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