Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Not only are the HHS information blocking disincentives too steep, but they could also interrupt accountable care organizations' shift to value-based care, the organizations argue. Meanwhile, the EHR Association says the regs are "too narrowly focused."

The partnership will help connect service members – active-duty military and veterans – with their electronic data via the statewide health information exchange.

The federal agency has been receiving performance data from a cohort of funded health centers testing data exchange through standards-based APIs, according to ONC's USCDI program and the UDS Test Cooperative.

Collaborations and integrations aim to streamline access to patient medical histories via national networks, drive more proactive pediatric care, expand behavioral telehealth and pioneer more hospital automation.

Using the FHIR standard can help organizations like the VA connect rapidly to drug data, which paves the way for real-time surveillance that improves patient safety and identifies adverse events tied to medication.

GP enrolment and immunisations remained higher during the pandemic in areas where New Zealand's child health information platform was implemented.

PointClickCare adds 40 Texas hospitals with a new partnership. A Connecticut state audit discovers undisclosed health information exchange data breaches. Oklahoma backpedals on its data exchange mandate.

It will be patterned after the US Core Data for Interoperability standards.

As cyberattacks increase in scope and intensity, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies to do more to help health systems maintain operational continuity.

How will qualified health information networks eventually connect directly to each other to give clinicians and first responders access to complete medical records? Dr. John Blair, CEO of MedAllies, explains.