HIE

Value-based care company joins heavy-hitters such as a IBM and Kaiser Permanente to explore new avenues for digital ledger platforms in the health industry.

More healthcare providers are signing on to HIE initiatives, there are more EHR transactions and more states covered as connectivity expands for both.

Russell Leftwich, MD, says IT professionals need to have a strategy for integrating the spec with existing standards into a hybrid.

Judy Faulkner, Zane Burke and Paul Black said during HIMSS17 interviews that they're offering APIs to foster innovation.

The technology's implications for interoperability, privacy, claims processing and more are intriguing. But many challenges must be addressed before wider applications become possible.

HIE could be a 'silver bullet' to care improvement, but we're still a long way off from interoperability says one expert – who proposes more inclusive, less restrictive ways to share information.  

The electronic health record maker has built out its suite to enable integration with third-party apps and competing EHR systems, its chief executive said. 

The CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality announced Dec. 13 they will be collaborating on efforts to boost data sharing among healthcare providers nationwide, committing to work together on advancing interoperability.

The provider tapped an EHR-based care management tool to cut readmissions by 30 percent, HIMSS said.

One of the largest healthcare providers in Hawaii, it's only the second two-time winner of the Enterprise Davies Award since the inception of the program in 1994.