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Health Information Exchange (HIE)

The development of secure health information exchange between healthcare providers is a nationwide initiative and has been touted as a high priority in order to improve the continuity and quality of care for patients. Providers are required to achieve secure HIE in order to achieve "meaningful use," and qualify for health IT incentives set up by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. On September 28, 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT completed its selection of 62 Regional Extension Centers across the United States -- a major component in HIE development.

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Building a new financial infrastructure for healthcare

February 22, 2012 | Richard Pizzi
While there has been much talk in healthcare about using information technology on the clinical end to build an interoperable industry, the financial side of healthcare has been given short shrift.

'Sneak peek' of MU2 expected today at HIMSS12

February 22, 2012 | Jeff Rowe
Expectations have been rising since HIMSS12 opened, but the wait should come to an end today as ONC officials unveil the proposed rule for meaningful use Stage 2 - what some are calling a "sneak peek."

2012 HIMSS Leadership Survey: IT staffing shortage key barrier to meeting IT priorities

February 21, 2012 | Healthcare IT News Staff
Lack of staffing resources was cited as the most significant barrier to implementing IT, according to the 2012 HIMSS Leadership Survey, which was released Tuesday morning at HIMSS12.

Query Health to demo 'round trip' at HIMSS12

February 21, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
ONC and the NY Department of Health and Mental Hygiene are planning to demonstrate a query against i2b2 at HIMSS12. They will translate the query twice, first into HQMF and then JavaScript, with the goal of being to enable public officials to get simple answers out of complex data sets.

New data shows hospital readiness for Stage 1 MU increasing

February 17, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
A comparison of HIMSS Analytics data from September 2011 to December 2011 suggests that a number of hospital segments showed increased capability to achieve Stage 1 meaningful use.

ICA launches forum for vendors to test interoperability

February 17, 2012 | Mike Miliard
Informatics Corporation of America (ICA), a developer of interoperability technology for health information exchange, has launched ICAetc, which is billed as a free and open forum for vendors to test the interoperability of their programs, ensuring the connection and communication of disparate systems.

ONC in line for budget boost

February 17, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT would receive $66 million, or $5 million more than the current year, under President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2013.

Providers see value of HIEs, lack resources to deploy them

February 17, 2012 | Mike Miliard
A new study from healthcare management consulting firm Beacon Partners finds that many healthcare executives recognize the benefits of participating in a health information exchange, but lack the budget to do so.

Premier, Clinical Architecture to help put data to better use

February 15, 2012 | Mike Miliard
Premier healthcare alliance has partnered with Carmel, Ind.-based Clinical Architecture in an effort to normalize disparate healthcare data and help care providers better understand and use health information.

NaviNet to be acquired by Lumeris, Blues

February 14, 2012 | Chris Anderson
NaviNet, the real-time communication network for physicians, hospitals and payers, will be acquired by a group comprising three Blue health plans and health IT firm Lumeris.

Open Health Tools, HIMSS to collaborate on open source standards

February 14, 2012 | Mike Miliard
Open Health Tools, a multi-stakeholder group of open source advocates, has partnered with HIMSS to help spur the development of more open source technology in healthcare.

MEDfx, Community Health Alliance to create statewide Virginia HIE

February 14, 2012 | Diana Manos
MEDfx Corporation and Community Health Alliance, Inc., a Richmond, Va.-based not-for-profit organization, have announced a partnership to create a Virginia statewide health information exchange (HIE).

Improve care quality, coordination, and revenue with Apixio Community Search

February 14, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Studies show that more than 60% of key clinical patient information resides within narrative text or scanned documents, effectively hidden from care providers and mission-critical care or payment systems. Frequently, health care records are widely dispersed and duplicated across many data silos in multiple forms and structures. Therefore, it is becoming more difficult for healthcare systems to efficiently leverage patient data to meet specific patient and quality care objectives. With physician revenues increasingly tied to achieving quality or cost goals, it is critical to apply insights derived from analysis of clinical information. View this webinar to learn how using Apixio’s intelligent information mining and retrieval within clinical workflow tools, such as electronic health records, can effectively use the entire patient record to optimize care coordination, quality and safety, as well as provider revenue.

The Power of Standardized Unstructured Data Management: Achieving Meaningful Use Interoperability, Complete Patient Narrative

February 13, 2012 | White Papers
Driven largely by the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs, EHR adoption in the U.S. has been growing exponentially and exceeding federal health officials’ expectations. Although the Dept. of Health and Human Services has delayed the qualification date for Stage 2 Meaningful Use until 2014, healthcare providers expect more complex HIE to be included. In order to easily and efficiently share patient information with multiple entities, including other EHRs and health information systems, providers, payers and HIEs, healthcare providers will need to capture, manage and make electronically accessible a broader set of clinical data elements. Read this white paper, including Healthcare IT News reader survey responses, to learn how to manage and digitize unstructured documents in order to meet Stage 2 requirements.

Solving Urgent Enterprise-wide Integration Challenges while Focusing on the Future

February 1, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Healthcare organizations today are under constant pressure to make strategic IT decisions based upon urgent needs. The challenge is to make decisions that satisfy those urgent needs – as well as plans for future growth. Discover how Kettering Health Systems, a large IDN comprised of more than 60 facilities and over 1,200 physicians, undertook an enterprise-wide interface software migration in just 4 months that not only helped them solve critical legacy interface issues but developed a technology platform to build on for the future.

GE Healthcare Case Study: New EDI services platform delivers high availability, scalability cost-effectively

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
GE Centricity EDI, part of GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity portfolio, leverages technology to help healthcare providers improve patient care, process claims more quickly and efficiently, streamline operations, trim revenue cycles, and improve cash flows. Processes that were once handled manually are automated and can be performed around the clock. And by managing processes with technology—such as verifying patient insurance eligibility—Centricity EDI frees administrative staff to perform tasks that are more valuable to patient care and satisfaction levels.

Selecting the Right EHR for the Life of your Practice and Your Patients

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
If we are at or approaching a technological tipping point in the history of healthcare, then it has never been more important for physician practices to select the right electronic health record (EHR) – and there are tangible reasons to believe so. This whitepaper comments on recent customer surveys, and discusses foundational criteria for selecting the right EHR solution, determining your “game plan” and the process for assessment and selection. Justin Barnes is chairman emeritus of the national Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), and is vice president of marketing, industry affairs and government affairs for Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.

Four EHR Change Management Mistakes - and how to avoid them

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to electronic health records (EHR), but when. Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps – and the stress and costs that come with them – to a minimum. This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common problems as you select technology, choose your implementation team, assign responsibilities and lay out the logistics. Carefully considering these issues up front will help you reduce risk, contain costs and minimize overall impact of change on your practice. You’ll be able to spend your time and effort in the right places, so that you can get back to caring for patients with a successful EHR implementation that fits your practice.

Successful EHR Change Management: Roles and responsibilities

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
There are many important factors to consider when rolling out an EHR implementation, and one of the most important is getting your people behind the change. This paper provides insight into where your staff may be in terms of resistance to or support for new EHR system, and walks you through the process of making sure they have tools, training and support to move through the transition successfully.

Return on Investment in EHRs: Meaningful Use Is Only the Beginning

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
Meaningful Use is only the beginning: Efficiency and more appropriate coding bring savings and increase revenues. This whitepaper discusses features and benefits of an EHR system, government incentives, sources for ROI (return on investment) as well as building the business case for EHR. WE also address areas of efficiency savings and reductions in “soft costs”, as well as a customer example who realized many of these benefits. Download this whitepaper now for additional details.

Making (the most) of Technology Transitions: EHR imperatives and opportunities in today's medical practice

February 1, 2012 | White Papers
Medical practices have been contemplating the prospect of moving from paper-based records to electronic health record (EHR) systems for decades. But relatively few have begun taking steps to make the transition – until now. This white paper examines the factors that have kept many medical practices from moving forward with EHR over the years and the factors that are prompting action today; explains some of the technological requirements of making the transition to EHR and how to begin to meet them; and explores the significant operational, clinical and administrative benefits to be gained in the process.

Going Paperless: Best Practices To Accelerate Your EMR Transition

November 28, 2011 | White Papers
The world of health information management is rapidly changing as market and regulatory forces continue to drive the adoption of the EMR. The biggest barrier to EMR adoption isn’t technology, funding or the lack of understanding of the benefits. It’s adapting to newer workflows for delivering patient care in an EMR-enabled world. In other words, the biggest challenge is managing the change from a paper to digital environment.

An IDC Health Insights and Intel Webcast: mHealth and The Second Wave of Clinical Mobility

November 23, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
Driven by a history of innovation, Intel is focusing its game-changing technologies on transforming healthcare to enable connected, coordinated, cost-effective care based on each person's health goals and history, enhancing prevention, focusing treatment, and improving outcomes.

Using HIE to Solve Financial, Outreach, and Strategic Challenges

November 23, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
This webinar will explore how Healthcare organizations are seeking the right approaches to dealing with the financial, strategic and outreach challenges associated with interoperability and health information exchange.

Pioneer ACO Update: Q&A With Health IT Leaders from Eastern Maine Healthcare System

February 7, 2012 | Chad Johnson
I asked health IT leaders from Pioneer ACO Eastern Maine Healthcare System to share their experiences participating in the program, about the IT infrastructure they have in place to coordinate the delivery of care, and any advice they would give other health IT professionals working toward creating an ACO.

Health IT Taking Flight - What Is in Store for the Year Ahead

January 31, 2012 | Farzad Mostashari, MD
Earlier this month, I wrote about some of the most important and notable highlights in the world of health IT and ONC over the past year. As we start the New Year, I am excited about what the future holds and want to share what I see as five big health IT trends for the year to come.

Achieving HIE Sustainability: Leveraging Information to Realize Success

January 30, 2012 | Gary Palgon
The day is rapidly coming when healthcare providers across the country will be able to share information about patients with a few clicks of a mouse. Key to this future, at least initially, is the formation of health information exchanges (HIEs).

Predictions 2012: Not What You Think

January 12, 2012 | John Moore
Admittedly, our predictions for 2011 were modest. So for 2012, we’ll go out on a limb with many of our predictions. Hopefully that limb won’t crack sending us crashing to the ground.

12 Months of Health IT: A Year of Momentous Progress

January 10, 2012 | Farzad Mostashari, MD
I would like to highlight ten of this year's most notable developments in the world of health information technology and ONC.

2011: 6 Health IT Shifts and 3 Disappointments

December 29, 2011 | Jon Mertz
You can read about the shift happening. You can see the shift happening. You can sense the shift happening. In all of this, there is still an understanding that we have a long way to go in order to achieve a true connected health care system, yet we know the movement is happening.

Looking Back on 2011 - What A Strange Year It's Been

December 28, 2011 | John Moore
It is almost becoming the norm to say that it has been another tumultuous year in the healthcare IT market. If 2011, was a bit bumpy, believe we will see craters in the road to HIT enlightenment in 2012.

The Standards Work Ahead in 2012

December 20, 2011 | John Halamka
The December HIT Standards Committee included a discussion of the work ahead for the next year based on the priorities we've heard from stakeholders. We'll have 10 in person and 2 telephonic meetings in 2012.

HIMSS Leaders & Innovators excites C-suite execs

November 22, 2011 | Mike Miliard
This past week I had the pleasure of traveling, along with MedTech Media Editorial Director Rich Pizzi, to Amelia Island, Fla. for the inaugural HIMSS Leaders & Innovators conference.

Health Information Exchange: Bridging the Digital Divide

November 16, 2011 | Chad Johnson
We’ve all heard the classic song Small Town by John Mellencamp, which romanticizes growing up and living in some place other than the big city. I, too, am what most would consider “small town,” and many aspects of small town life haven’t changed a lot since I left. That small-town simplicity, however, also exists in the local health care facilities.

Interoperability workgroup defines standard connections between EHRs and HIEs

November 10, 2011 | Frank Irving
On Nov. 8, the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup, an organization of states and vendors focused on eliminating the barriers to sharing EHRs issued a set of technical specifications to standardize connections between healthcare providers, health information exchanges (HIEs) and other data-sharing partners.

The End of the Beginning... and the Launch of i2O

August 28, 2011 | Glen Tullman
When Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health information technology, addresses more than 4,700 healthcare professionals at the Allscripts Client Experience in Nashville on Monday morning, Aug. 29, he’s likely to discuss one of the most exciting developments in healthcare today – and perhaps surprisingly, it won’t be the meaningful use of electronic health records.

Southern Tier HealthLink expands use of Lawson Health Information Exchange technology

January 9, 2012 | Industry News Release
Lawson Software, an Infor affiliate, today announced that Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) has successfully expanded its use of Lawson Cloverleaf® Hosted Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE). STHL is a non-profit regional health information exchange organization (RHIO) in central New York.

ACS, a Xerox company, helps Iowa modernize the way physicians share patient information

January 5, 2012 | Industry News Release
It used to be that sharing healthcare data amounted to patients taking paper copies of laboratory and radiology reports, medication histories, past diagnoses and immunizations from one doctor to another or relying on busy medical staff to fax records.

Statewide HIE contract awarded to Community Health Alliance

October 26, 2011 | Industry News Release
Community Health Alliance, Inc. (CHA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the Virginia Department of Health for the Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE). Specific services to be provided by CHA include establishing a Statewide HIE governance structure, creating and staffing the Statewide HIE organization, implementing the technical infrastructure, and managing the Statewide HIE’s operations on an ongoing basis.

Rockcastle Regional Hospital shares clinical data with Kentucky’s HIE

October 7, 2011 | Industry News Release
Healthcare Management Systems Inc.® (HMS) today announced that long-time customer Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Center recently became one of the first hospitals to share clinical data with the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE). The hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ky., is using the HMS Connex interoperability platform to securely exchange Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs) with KHIE and is actively using those CCDs to make more informed patient-care decisions.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware selects NaviNet for secure, real-time electronic provider communications

September 21, 2011 | Industry News Release
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) has chosen NaviNet as its internet portal for healthcare provider communications. By using NaviNet, BCBSD providers will be able to electronically exchange real-time practice information, including eligibility/benefits, claims status inquiries and authorizations. In addition, providers will have access to a comprehensive online resource center containing policy information.

Jersey Health Connect HIE chooses RelayHealth for Secure Health Information Exchange

September 16, 2011 | Healthcare IT News Staff
Jersey Health Connect, the Northern and Central New Jersey Health Information Exchange, has chosen RelayHealth to provide secure health information exchange (HIE) technology to improve care coordination across competitive organizations, to provide eligible providers the tools they need to demonstrate meaningful use in pursuit of incentives, and to enhance care collaboration for the health of the patients and communities the health information exchange serves.

Imprivata and PhoneFactorto to provide caregivers with secure access to Protected Health Information

September 15, 2011 | Industry News Release
Imprivata®, Inc., and PhoneFactor today announced a reseller partnership to provide phone-based authentication services to Imprivata customers. The partnership builds upon existing technology integration between the two platforms, creating a joint solution that is offered along with Imprivata OneSign® , an award-winning authentication and access management platform, and OneSign Anywhere™, which extends the benefits of OneSign to remote & mobile workers from a variety of endpoint devices. Leading healthcare organizations such as OhioHealth and EMH Healthcare have deployed the joint solution to provide physicians and nurses with the convenience of authenticating via their phones to access Protected Health Information (PHI).

Florida HIE live with direct messaging

August 31, 2011 | Industry News Release
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, in partnership with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), has launched a secure email service that enables health care providers to exchange health information electronically with other providers.

Louisiana HIE on fast track to data exchange

August 11, 2011 | Industry News Release
The Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum is on the fast track to develop the Louisiana Health Information Exchange (LaHIE), which will give providers access to health records and connect existing sources of patient data within the state. To accomplish this, the Quality Forum has selected Orion Health as its primary technology provider.

Iowa Health System Selects Medicity Technology to Give Community Health Care Providers Secure Access to Patient Health Information

August 8, 2011 | Industry News Release
Medicity announced today that Iowa Health System will use Medicity health information exchange (HIE) technology to make patient health information securely available to care providers in the communities it serves. Iowa Health System (IHS) is the state's largest integrated health system serving nearly one third of all patients in Iowa.

St. Joseph Healthcare Connects with Maine’s Health Information Exchange

July 12, 2011 | Industry News Release
St. Joseph Healthcare is the most recent Bangor area health facility to connect to Maine’s health information exchange (HIE), operated by HealthInfoNet. The secure system links information from separate healthcare sites to create a single electronic patient health record. This record is easily accessible to the doctors and nurses caring for patients. Having access to this system provides caregivers with the information they need to make the best decisions possible on behalf of their patients.

Data Increase of 48%, Participation of 70 Distinct Hospitals Mark Year of Expansion for Indiana Health Information Exchange

July 12, 2011 | Industry News Release
2010 was a year of unprecedented growth for the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), according to a new report released today by the organization. At the end of 2010, IHIE counted 70 distinct hospitals, long-term health facilities and health centers as part of its robust, secure network. It also launched an impressive $16 million federally-funded collaboration to link the access of health information to better patient outcomes.

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