Health Information Exchange
Success Stories & ROI
The qualified health information network has shrunk the time it takes for providers to access patient data from hours to seconds. Its query volume has grown from about 200,000 to more than 66 million in one year.
Surescripts becomes a QHIN while Redox joins CommonWell. Also, the Sequoia Project releases a payer-to-payer FHIR API Compliance Readiness Checklist 20 months ahead of a key CMS data exchange compliance deadline.
Josh Wymer, a HIMSS25 Changemaker, discusses his work with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, including a statewide data project that brought together data from multiple locations and organizations.
It aims to consolidate access to digital health records across regions.
Where updates have been made, patient satisfaction has increased, she says.
Invest in open, scalable infrastructure to ensure long-term adaptability, reduce technical debt and position to integrate emerging technologies without costly overhauls, advised Jeff Fallon, CEO of Vibe Health by eVideon.
In a time of "rapid change and uncertainty" the longtime IT and interoperability leader is also hearing lots of questions about e-prior authorization, identity and access management, and getting ROI from compliance investments.
The presence of hospital outcome data on EMS patient care reports in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System database improved in 2024. Data exchange progress is good news for patient care and could ultimately improve health outcomes.
Using the HIMSS Digital Health Index, Missouri is taking evidence about public health agency digital maturity statewide to invest in data-driven population health strategies, says Anne Snowdon, who will share more about the initiative at HIMSS25.
Enterprise content management (ECM) solutions enable organizations to modernize and structure unstructured data and improve accessibility, efficiency and compliance across the organization.