Health Information Exchange (HIE)

As Medicaid programs determine what's next for health IT investments, state and regional HIEs, increasingly serving as "health data utilities," are natural partners to build on current programs with Medicaid Enterprise System funding.

A data sharing expert offers readers a deep dive into the new Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement from the ONC.

In a preview of his HIMSS22 session, the health system's associate CMIO describes how it worked with the state HIE to bring patient end-of-life preferences into Epic.

Former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Don Rucker discusses what's next for interoperability and why he sees TEFCA as a "solid first step."

The agency this week also made the draft version 3 of United States Data for Core Interoperability available for public comment.

The network uses FHIR and distributed ledger technology for payer-to-payer interoperability, prior authorization and more.

Among the new changes for the Interoperability Standards Advisory: HL7-enabled help for CDC COVID-19 reporting, and new standards and implementation specs for labs, e-prescribing and public health.

The new Final Version 1.0 provides unified specifications for patient addresses. A new companion guide developed with AHIMA offers healthcare organizations help with implementation.

State health departments are looking at the data collection process since COVID-19, says Chad Peterson, CRO of Orion Health.

SNOMED International says it will create and release an openly available International Patient Summary sub-ontology in the first half of 2022, aimed at promoting cross-border information sharing.