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

Healthcare IT Today

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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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

Health information exchanges (HIEs) are well-situated to help healthcare organizations achieve three core goals of value-based care: providing better care for individuals, reducing healthcare costs, and improving population health management strategies. A well-designed HIE can offer tremendous advantages. Resources for All States.

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MEDITECH Addressing Canada’s Interoperability Challenge with a Federated Approach

Healthcare IT Today

Unlike an HIE, Traverse does not store any health data. We spoke with Robert (Bob) Molloy, Director of Canadian Market & Product Strategy at MEDITECH. Traverse Exchange is our interoperability strategy in Canada,” said Molloy. “It MEDITECH is helping to address interoperability in Canada with their Traverse solution.

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What is Your Perspective on TEFCA and QHINs?

Healthcare IT Today

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

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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Future HealthTech Valuations in 2025: A Dynamic Landscape

Lloyd Price

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