Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Virtuoso is a digital front door technology that can integrate health system data into a unified healthcare platform, the vendor says, and is designed to expand patient and family access to medical services.

Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward to at the HIMSS APAC conference this year.

Larger companies are taking an "all or nothing" approach in light of proposed legislation, one HIE leader says, but electronic health record developers can look to modernized data lakes for inspiration and place guardrails around PHI.

Abu Dhabi's HIE platform, Malaffi, rolled out in record time and establishes information continuity for patient care. According to Dr Sanji De Sylva, VP of clinical engagement and clinical informatics, it is increasingly supporting prevention.

New York's HEALTHeLINK and Boston Children's Hospital are recognized by HHS for their exploration of advanced FHIR capabilities and USCDI data quality improvement, respectively.

With a cohort of health systems including Mayo Clinic, Kaiser, Stanford Health and others, its QHIN efforts are aimed at advancing information exchange at providers nationwide, says Matt Doyle, interoperability software development lead at Epic.

As part of its digital transformation, the private healthcare provider is building a data hub to operationalise data and deliver insights-driven care.

Also: PointClickCare announces that Massachusetts' hospitals, carriers and state health agencies will use its behavioral health treatment and referral platform to expedite patients awaiting disposition in emergency departments.

The platform seeks to unify data held by over 28 health system entities.

The interoperability organization's Consumer Voices Workgroup says its recommendations – for improving patient access, use and sharing of data – are 100% achievable using current technology.