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Unified Data: The Key to HIE Success

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2021

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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CIO Podcast – Episode 43: HIE with Henry Vynalek

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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. This time we’re diving into the world of HIEs! What are the big IT challenges that HIEs still face?

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A Look at HIEs and 2 Perspectives for Data Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

In response to this tweet by Kristen Valdes during the SHIEC 2021 conference happening this week in Arizona, Brendan Keeler offered this really important look into healthcare data exchange and HIEs.

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Featured Health IT Job: Senior Solutions Architect – HIE

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

Today, we’re featuring the Senior Solutions Architect – HIE position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is an international position in Canada – Ontario.

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Arkansas HIE Uses Technology Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2022

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.

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Big Focus on Small Data = Big Impact for HIEs Like Healthix

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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.

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Key Insights and Perspectives from Day 2 at ViVE 2025

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

At the conference, we’ve been asking some of the top companies, executives, and health IT leaders to share some of their perspectives and insights on a wide variety of topics including AI, Security, workforce, leadership and more. Plus, we’re asking health IT vendors what announcements they are making at the event.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

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: .

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Future of HIE is bright

Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The Wisconsin HIE (WISHIN) held a summit last week. The following diagram clearly shows Wisconsin leadership This is such an exciting perspective of what the Wisconsin HIE delivers today, and where they are targeting for future support. It seems to me that the statistics show a really strong and healthy HIE.

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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here’s a quick summary of what everyone had to say in the video: Deven McGraw, Head of Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae – It’s not a replacement for Community HIE but I think it’s an essential tool for making sure that there’s nationwide exchange.

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How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But as we talk about it, more and more HIE organizations have started to use it and the concept has been embraced by many. I think it’s kind of HIE plus certain new characteristics. Health data utility is still a fairly new concept in the world of healthcare. This naturally made it a hot topic at the recent Civitas Conference.

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Key Insights and Perspectives from PointClickCare Summit

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2025

Hamad Husainy, DO, Chief Medical Officer at PointClickCare Philip Beckett, CEO at Texas Health Services Authority (Statewide HIE) Ronn Berrol, Emergency Medicine Specialist at Sutter Health Dean A. And a special shoutout to Shereese Maynard for hopping on camera as a special Healthcare IT Today correspondent at the event.

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

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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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TEFCA, QHINs, HDUs, and Interoperability with Civitas CEO Lisa Bari

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Civitas Networks for Health is a non-profit consortium that brings together a broad community of organizations interested in health data exchange. Many members are HIEs, but a number of other organizations in health care including community organizations are members as well.

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How HIEs are Improving Healthcare with Patient-Generated Data

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andrea Tait, VP of Client Value, Orion Health. Patient-Generated Data’s Place in Patient Care Today, health systems have increasingly recognized the need to be patient-centered, with a focus on empowering and engaging patients to assist them in maintaining their own health.

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Why COVID-19 is a Breakout Moment for HIEs

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2020

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.

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Future HealthTech Valuations in 2025: A Dynamic Landscape

Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions.

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Bonus Features – April 27, 2025 – Espionage now accounts for 1 in 6 healthcare data breaches, Blue Shield of California may have exposed data of 4.7 million people, plus 32 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2025

People HIE and data collaborative Civitas Networks for Health appointed Jolie Ritzo as Interim CEO. Health data network and QHIN Health Gorilla appointed a new executive leadership team. Virtual GI care provider Oshi Health announced it’s putting 100% of its fees at risk.

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HIMSS 2025 Preview

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Interoperability and HIE Forum Keynote – Brendan Keeler (separate registration required) – Venetian | Level 3 | Lido 3101, Mon 3/3 8:30-9:00 AM They couldn’t have made a better choice for the keynote, Brendan Keeler , for the Interoperability and HIE Pre-conference forum.

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HIE Future is Bright - stepping into 2018

Healthcare Exchange Standards

DECEMBER 30, 2017

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. Second, most patients are not feeling well, so it is hard to take leadership. Note slide decks are now available.

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HealthTech M&A 2025 Predictions: Europe and USA

Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

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.

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Discern Health Ties Interventions to Patient Improvements

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Ben Hsieh, Vice President of Product, says that Discern Health works with payers, providers, and Health Information Exchanges (HIE). Patients as well as clinicians demand explainability (also known as transparency and accountability). Their service concentrates currently on care management for value-based care.

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Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To date, nearly ten entities have announced their intentions to apply to become a QHIN, including prominent software vendors, existing national networks, and regional health information exchanges (HIEs). While not all candidates who apply will be designated, too many QHINs could hinder TEFCA’s ultimate success. QHIN or not, everyone has a role.

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Patient Centered HIE

Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 6, 2018

Yet, our healthcare leadership keeps looking for a new technical architecture to solve this problem. There no network that I know of that provides a view of how the HIE was used to expose the Patient data. Yes I am speaking about ALL of the various architectures of Health Information Exchanges. They all are good architectures.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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. The Case for Federal Agencies. The Case for State and Regional Exchanges. Does the Exchange Allow Participants Full Control Over Their Data?

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

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2023

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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What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Justin Villines, MBA, HIT Policy Director at SHARE HIE – I think listening to our customers and our participants. Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, Senior Director of Community Strategy at DirectTrust – I would love to see more people of the spirit of #TeamInterop and talking about collaboration.

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Finding the Right Application for AI at Guidewell DCMG

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2024

Before Guidewell DCMG implemented the Prisma AI service from eClinicalWorks , intake on a patient could take two days when the office was busy. Why this long? 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

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

The rules against information blocking apply to any “actor” as defined in the Cures Act. Actors include healthcare providers, developers of certified health IT, health information exchanges (HIEs), and health information networks (HINs).

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Just Get Connected Already

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

To describe the current situation in healthcare, Wilder asked us to imagine if a retailer had to call your bank every time you made a credit card purchase. Wilder also dove into his experience with HIEs and how connectivity is key to public health and in preparation for future pandemics or other emergencies.

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

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2019

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 […].

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

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.

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Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

HIE collaborative Civitas Networks for Health received a $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to implement and disseminate the Gravity Project’s SDOH standards. Partnerships. Patient engagement company Get Well added Katherine Virkstis as vice president of clinical advisory services.

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Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

A report from Western New York HIE HEALTHeLINK and the Milbank Memorial Fund found that enrollment in a CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model at a institution that was a member of the HIE led to a 24% decrease in hospital admission rates, a 21% drop in outpatient surgeries, and a nearly 33% reduction in hospital length of stay.

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Bonus Features – September 25, 2022 – More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine, Sequoia Project releases info blocking resources, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Conversational AI company mPulse Mobile made two appointments to its executive leadership team : Lara Stell as Chief Financial Officer and Sanjeev Sawai as Chief Product and Technology Officer. Mardjuki returns to the company he co-founded before leaving for leadership roles at Box and American Express.

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Trust Is Not A Trend

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 15, 2025

Amplifying oversight and governance eHealth Exchange has adopted a participatory approach to our governance. The network is not beholden to shareholders, investors, or vendors and decisions are made to benefit health outcomes, not to generate profit.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 54: Patient Information Privacy with Natalie Pageler, MD

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 8, 2023

What do you think of these apps when it comes to privacy? What are some areas that healthcare organizations need to work to ensure privacy of their patient data? How do we balance data sharing through HIEs/QHINs/Information Blocking with privacy needs? What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given in your career?

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This Mission is Possible: Achieving Better Data in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

Sarah collaborates with several teams at ReMedi , including leadership, data migration, chronic care management, and health policy. Sarah’s leadership and direction as a nurse play an integral role in improving the adoption of the EHR for clinicians. It’s just a question of when this happens and who does the work.

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HIMSS14: Patiently Waiting for Progress

Chilmark Research

MARCH 6, 2014

HIE vendors are looking to build out patient portals and care coordination applications as they transition from building pipelines to demonstrating value. While this represents progress for that market, after seeing a leading vendor’s demo and speaking with leadership from two others, we are not quite ready to celebrate.

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Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

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.

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Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

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.

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Improving Interoperability Between Healthcare Providers and Systems to Enhance Care Coordination and Data Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2025

A key shift is moving from reactive care gap closure to proactive intervention. Interoperability starts with aggregating patient data from EHRs, insurers, clinical registries, and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs). When combined with analytics, AI augmentation, and evidence-based guidelines, this data helps identify needed interventions.

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Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2023

The program is launching with Puerto Rico’s HIE. Maryland HIE CRISP is expanding availability of its Medicaid Redetermination Notification project to all interested providers in the state. Oncology data and analytics company COTA is partnering with the Genomic Testing Cooperative to support precision cancer research.

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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

About 75% of hospitals are members of regional HIE organizations, and 35% participate in regional and national HIEs. 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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Unified Data: The Key to HIE Success

CIO Podcast – Episode 43: HIE with Henry Vynalek

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A Look at HIEs and 2 Perspectives for Data Exchange

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Arkansas HIE Uses Technology Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes

Big Focus on Small Data = Big Impact for HIEs Like Healthix

Key Insights and Perspectives from Day 2 at ViVE 2025

Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Future of HIE is bright

What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

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

TEFCA, QHINs, HDUs, and Interoperability with Civitas CEO Lisa Bari

How HIEs are Improving Healthcare with Patient-Generated Data

Why COVID-19 is a Breakout Moment for HIEs

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Bonus Features – April 27, 2025 – Espionage now accounts for 1 in 6 healthcare data breaches, Blue Shield of California may have exposed data of 4.7 million people, plus 32 other stories

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HIE Future is Bright - stepping into 2018

HealthTech M&A 2025 Predictions: Europe and USA

Discern Health Ties Interventions to Patient Improvements

Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Patient Centered HIE

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

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

What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Finding the Right Application for AI at Guidewell DCMG

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

Just Get Connected Already

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

Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Bonus Features – September 25, 2022 – More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine, Sequoia Project releases info blocking resources, and more

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CIO Podcast – Episode 54: Patient Information Privacy with Natalie Pageler, MD

This Mission is Possible: Achieving Better Data in Healthcare

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Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

Improving Interoperability Between Healthcare Providers and Systems to Enhance Care Coordination and Data Sharing

Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

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

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