Health Information Exchange (HIE)
American Hospital Association data shows hospitals are using automated processes for public health reporting for immunizations, syndromic data and lab results – but it's not always easy.
It also comes with a strategy and architecture plan to enhance national digital health interoperability.
European legislation, workforce trends, women’s health, AI implementations, and more will be in the spotlight at HIMSS25 Europe at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, France on 10-12 June 2025.
More than 1,000 hospitals and 22,000 clinics are now exchanging patient data through Epic Nexus, the EHR giant's health information network operating under the national interoperability framework.
While 70% of Jordan's population is covered by the national health system, Omar Ayesh, Electronic Health Solutions' CEO, says the country is building a national HIE to integrate and share data from private care providers.
Developed at the IU Indianapolis School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute, an NIH grant could help expand the application, which links dentists with regional health information exchanges, enabling them to view their patients' medical histories.
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.
Three months after announcing its intention to become a Qualified Health Information Network under TEFCA, the company is now taking official steps to participate in the nationwide healthcare interoperability framework.