HIE

It doesn’t need express written consent to use the technology for “essential” alerts, the HIE’s CEO explains, and the result is better care.

A new report from KLAS shows NHS data sharing to be cumbersome and disruptive to clinical workflows.

eHealth Exchange will become both a member of Carequality and an implementer of its standards, helping expand its presence to other participants.

AHIMA, CHIME, HIMSS and others say lack of support for a nationwide patient identity strategy has stymied innovation, cost hospitals revenue and put patient safety at risk.

The network also noted a big uptick in e-prescribing, with 77 percent of all prescriptions now delivered electronically, including a substantial increase in EPCS.

A new public-private advisory council will work to build out the information exchange, which providers used to access health data for patients displaced by the California wildfires.

The new Local Health and Care Record Exemplar (LHCRE) scheme will build on solutions already in place, with five regions set to receive £7.5m that will have to be matched locally.

Providers across the state will have access to a single comprehensive continuity of care document via the Wyoming Frontier Information Exchange, which aims to connect with providers in Colorado and South Dakota.

The revenue cycle management firm buys Informatics Corporation of America (CareAlign) for an undisclosed sum, eyeing improved service for clients managing MACRA and more.

The hospital says the TriNetX network gives its patients the chance to participate in clinical trials they otherwise might not know exist.