Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Making better use of social determinants of health information requires meaningful participation from diverse stakeholders, say the team members behind the Georgia Health Information Network's SDOH data exchange blueprint.

The project's recognized coordinating entity has released a series of draft materials to support wider use of the HL7 spec, aiming to address standard operating procedures for electronic case reporting and improve the framework more generally.

The latest update of standards for interoperable health information exchange includes data elements that promote health equity, reduce disparities and support underserved communities.

The government is doubling down on modernising My Health Record and building a framework for national health information sharing. 

The American Hospital Association questions the agency's calculations, and said the proposed information blocking penalties could threaten the financial viability of many small and rural hospitals.

A provider's digital transformation expert and consultant shows how regular care paradigms will continue to erode, the big four retail healthcare players will begin to execute their plans, and the fax machine will at long last (gulp) die.

Five QHINs have completed the onboarding process, according to ONC, and will now drive higher levels of healthcare information interoperability across the U.S.

Marking its two-year anniversary this month, the HIMSS Middle East chapter is expanding, with strategic plans in place to contribute towards advancing regional healthcare ecosystems.

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The integrated Real-time Active Data now facilitates the sharing of the personal health records of 20,000 consenting patients across the South Western Sydney Primary Health Network, says digital health and data manager Nick McGhie.