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For the 43rd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Henry Vynalek, Director of HIE & IT Operations at Ohio Health Information Partnership. We look at what the IT stack looks like for an HIE. Vynalek then shares what interoperability challenge he wishes he could get rid of.
Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, brought together HIEs, state agencies and interoperability experts nationwide. .
Of course, we couldn’t pass up the chance to hear Bari’s thoughts on Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and QHINs, the importance of both state and national efforts to improve interoperability, and how health data utilities (HDUs) are expanding and drawing in both public and private organizations.
We don’t even have the time or word count to cover it all in this article, so instead we will be focusing on healthcare interoperability. Kathryn Bingman, Vice President of Interoperability Adoption at eHealthExchange – Right now with TEFCA, the initial use cases are just treatment and individual access.
In Arkansas, they’re lucky to have one statewide HIE which is focused on improving patient health outcomes. When it comes to HIEs, each one is different. They often have distinct missions, and many states have multiple HIEs trying to approach electronic information exchange from several directions.
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are improving the quality of their data to further increase their value. Higher quality data means they can help healthcare organizations understand their region more clearly, allowing them to allocate their resources in the areas that need it.
Many smart, dedicated people have relentlessly pursued nationwide healthcare interoperability, and the arrival of TEFCA represents both a major milestone and a significant opportunity for the industry to pause and carefully consider our next steps based on past attempts and current endeavors. And time, money, and talent will all be wasted.
At the Civitas Conference, there was a lot of talk about TEFCA and QHINs and what their impact will be on healthcare and interoperability. Are they replacing current interoperability efforts? I think that’s what our interoperability landscape is going to evolve to be and I would like to see us think about TEFCA in that sense.
As the next phase in the evolution of interoperability, SDC allows for the secure and near real-time sharing of health data between devices at the point of care, regardless of the manufacturer. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge.
But as we talk about it, more and more HIE organizations have started to use it and the concept has been embraced by many. Lindsey Ferris, DrPH, Senior Interoperability and Public Health Director at PointClickCare – I think we’re at the very early stages. I think it’s kind of HIE plus certain new characteristics.
The response to my article asking the question “Are we at the end of the healthcare interoperability tunnel?” I think some people thought that I was hammering on all the work that’s being done on healthcare interoperability. ” was quite interesting.
The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.
But establishing an HIE and finding success can be a tremendous challenge for some states to establish in large measure because they require complex and expensive technical infrastructure. Notably, the platform is modular and provides multiple technology solutions for HIE participants. Resources for All States. For instance: .
Ben Hsieh, Vice President of Product, says that Discern Health works with payers, providers, and Health Information Exchanges (HIE). View the video with Discern Health for details about interoperability, making data work for patient improvement, and more. Their service concentrates currently on care management for value-based care.
In a recent message I got from EHNAC, they had this great image at the start of their email: Then, they had this line below it which really caught my attention: Interoperability has been an important topic in healthcare for over a decade. Are we there yet? Are we closer than we were? Absolutely. No […].
.” This is true whether you’re a provider organization, an HIE, a vendor, or pretty much anyone in healthcare. One area where we have seen this front and center is when it comes to how healthcare organizations approach interoperability and integration. We cannot do this alone. We need to work with partners.
Buckle also shares her experience at the Interop Showcase and details of the recent CommonWell FHIR Connectathon where CommonWell members leveraged FHIR to improve interoperability. FHIR, the API for automated data sharing, is mature and being adopted. This more recent standard makes trust automatable as well.
Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry.
As part of our Interoperability Matters Initiative , The Sequoia Project convened a diverse and dedicated workgroup to consider the practical challenges of implementing the information blocking rule from a wide variety of angles. The rules against information blocking apply to any “actor” as defined in the Cures Act.
For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. State and regional HIEs are critical to our nation’s goal of comprehensive interoperability. The Case for Federal Agencies.
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The following is a guest article by Daniel Cidon, Chief Technology Officer, NextGate. The COVID-19 crisis has exposed a painful number of deficiencies in our nation’s healthcare system, including just how severe the lack of an interconnected health infrastructure has hampered response efforts.
It happens that the framework for explaining why the future is bright for HIE comes from the Wisconsin HIE (WISHIN) fall summit. They used the following diagram to show what they viewed as the HIE future. This first step is critical to Interoperability. Note slide decks are now available.
We talk a lot about sharing data and how it will improve patient outcomes and interoperability, but do we talk enough about how to do it safely? Healthcare is going to be rapidly advancing as patient data becomes more interoperable and effectively used across traditional organizational boundaries. So many good answers here!
"We've had plenty of successes and accomplishments prior to the pandemic, the focus and agility of the entire leadership structure resulted in faster decisions, and alignment between multiple teams focused on the same outcomes. Moreover, we incorporated mobility data from Facebook and Google into these predictive models for accuracy."
If you’re not sure whether you’re participating in TEFCA, contact your health information exchange (HIE), QHIN, or electronic health record (EHR) provider. This includes maintaining your existing HIE, QHIN, Carequality, or other connections, at least for now. The exact process varies from QHIN to QHIN. The Common Agreement (CA) 2.0
Two-thirds of of healthcare cybersecurity decision makers said senior leadership teams continues to underestimate cyberthreats to their organization , according to a survey from Google subsidiary Mandiant. Montana HIE Big Sky Care Connect chose Lyniate ‘s Rhapsody Interoperability Suite for data classification and cleansing.
High-quality, reliable data is crucial to getting most things done in healthcare, especially for healthcare interoperability. We’ve made some great strides in improving interoperability, in no small part due to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
The organizations do suggest they support HHS’ efforts to “advance health data exchange and interoperability while advancing health equity for all.” This is a big change from the requirement to share USCDI.
The first phase is focused on the maternal healthcare domain, and the main objectives are to: Complete an Implementation Science/Research Project to present the impact of a Health Information Exchange (HIE) on the maternal healthcare delivery system in Rwanda.
About 75% of hospitals are members of regional HIE organizations, and 35% participate in regional and national HIEs. The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability is partnering with eHealth Exchange in anticipation of the exchange being named a Qualified Health Information Network.
Ensuring the efficient flow of information is fundamental to advancing interoperability. Network connectivity is essential to aggregating the data required to build a complete patient record while addressing often forgotten treatment areas, such as adverse medication interactions and provider event notifications.
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. People RPM solution provider Clear Arch Health made two additions to its business development leadership team.
Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. Health IT and Interoperability: Health Information Exchange (HIE): HIE companies will continue to merge to create larger, more comprehensive networks.
As we approach 2023 it is amazing that interoperability, true broad-based connectivity between healthcare systems, looks like the Verizon heatmap back in 2005 when there was as much white on the map as there was red. She says of Kno2, “We enable interoperability and the magic happening on the edge.”
of the Data Usability Workgroup Implementation Guide , which is meant to cover high-priority information exchange use cases that can be readily adopted within HIE vendors, governance frameworks, testing programs, and more. He has held previous leadership positions with clinical AI vendor Jvion and the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. Health Information Technology (HIT): HIT solutions are essential for improving healthcare efficiency, interoperability, and data security.
HIE infrastructure provider CRISP Shared Services is the first partner for eHealth Exchange’s planned Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). Mental health collaboration tech provider Resilience Lab announced three additions to its leadership team.
The Sequoia Project published an implementation guide for HIE technology for vendors, networks, and testers. Frost & Sullivan recognized MEDITECH with the 2022 North America Enabling Technology Leadership Award , citing the EHR vendor’s work on clinical decision support.
They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). You have to know how you will share data with the people who can act on it, roping in questions of formats, conformance, and data interoperability that are familiar to professionals in health IT.
There is renewed discussion, much like back in January, around the need to go beyond testing just the FHIR Resource 'interoperability'. Testing Interoperability is not easy, and there are struggles with getting this first level testing done right. This does prove that there is connectivity, but not Interoperability.
HIE infrastructure provider CRISP Shared Services is the first partner for eHealth Exchange’s planned Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). Mental health collaboration tech provider Resilience Lab announced three additions to its leadership team.
Current staffing levels are barriers to accessing care at a time when the industry is focusing important thought leadership on health equity. Through interoperability via low-code integrations, improved accuracy on patient information and documentation will be available for more patients and people with access rights.
The following is a guest article by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate. The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to accelerate across the United States, with record-breaking infection rates and a tragically high death count.
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