Kate Spies
When asked what a powerful health information exchange (HIE) is built upon, one might immediately think of computer accounts, files upon files of paper medical reports converted into megabytes, laptop, screens and data synapses sparking the air between them.
It was a task that extended beyond hammers and nails. After the blow of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the greater New Orleans area was faced with the challenge of rebuilding its internal public health structure - beyond the material repair of roofs and floors, waiting rooms and patient rooms.
In an increasingly thorny matter, President Obama and GOP contender Mitt Romney are targeting women voters with a barrage of health issues, from free market economics to religious liberty.
Down with the need for lengthy commutes, transportation costs, and too much time waiting – the barriers that often decrease the quality of rural health are officially dissolving for the nation’s veterans.
The Western New York HIE's executive director discusses the pact HealtheLink signed with the VA this week to exchange clinical information among providers, the ways each sides will benefit, and challenges ahead.
Further solidifying a bridge between public and private health, Sarasota County Medical Society becomes latest to join the Florida Health Data Network health information exchange.
The rewards, the point systems, the streamlined functionality… don’t be misled by the game-like structure of the “EveryBODY Get Healthy” care system. The platform is a lifestyle changer – specifically, one that’s expected to improve more than 120,000 lives in the greater Philadelphia area.
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the ACA, CIOs such as Ed Ricks are left to forge a path forward via health IT. Here's what Ricks is thinking.
The Supreme Court ruling -- finally -- has been handed down and the verdict is out: Chief Justice Roberts' hand pulled the ACA to shore. For the most part, industry insiders view the outcome as positive -- though many officials emphasize it's just the first step on a long road to reform.
Giving more people access to primary care and prevention stands to bolster population health moving forward. But the ACA is just a first step down that path.