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.

 

RELATED STORIES:
HHS announces $162 million in 16 state HIE grants
HHS, DOL announce regional extension center, HIE and HIT training grants
Enterprise HIE market poised to soar

 
Texas partnership selects Orion Health for HIE
May 15, 2012 | Erin McCann
The North Texas Accountable Healthcare Partnership on Monday announced its collaboration with Orion Health on a regional health information exchange.
More
Gateway EDI acquires NHXS
May 15, 2012 | Mike Miliard
TriZetto subsidiary Gateway EDI announced Tuesday its acquisition of Sacramento, Calif.-based NHXS, which develops software meant to help medical practices manage physician reimbursement and recover lost revenues.
More
Not retiring at 65: Physician goes from anti-EHR to pro-ACO
May 14, 2012 | Diana Manos
Jeffrey Selwyn, an internist at New Pueblo Medicine in Tucson, Ariz., is 65, but he says he's nowhere near retiring. Unlike many docs his age who are throwing in the towel due to the increased pressures on physicians to use EHRs, Selwyn is excited. He wasn't always a fan, however.
More
ONC taps public for help on nationwide exchange
May 14, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is calling for public comment on proposals for rules of the road to govern the nationwide health information network (NwHIN).
More
Maine practice celebrates its meaningful use status
May 11, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Coastal Women's Healthcare, a seven-physician practice located in a town of nearly 20,000 residents along the Southern Maine coast, is among a group of elite meaningful users of electronic health records nationwide.
More
Chilmark report sees HIEs moving into 'post-EHR era'
May 10, 2012 | Mike Miliard
While some $560 million in federal health information exchange funding may soon run dry, changing reimbursement models mean market-driven growth will continue, says a new report on HIEs from Chilmark Research.
More
CMS lists names of EHR incentive recipients
May 10, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published the names, business phone numbers, and business addresses of Medicare providers that have demonstrated meaningful use of an electronic health record and received an incentive payment as of March 2012.
More
New ONC dashboard tracks nationwide HITECH progress
May 9, 2012 | Mike Miliard
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has launched its new Health IT Dashboard, offering an interactive trove of data related to grants programs, regional extension centers and other measures of health IT adoption.
More
ONC privacy and security guide offers 10 steps for MU
May 9, 2012 | Mike Miliard
ONC's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO) has published a "Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information," which aims to help physicians, nurses and IT staff better understand how the safety of patient data is essential to meaningful use of electronic health records and mobile devices.
More
California REC signs up more than 7,700 in EHR program
May 9, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
In a little more than two years, the California Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO), has developed the infrastructure needed to help thousands of providers throughout California implement electronic health records.
More
Patient empowerment a central focus of eHealth Week 2012
May 9, 2012 | HealthTech Wire
Patient-centered medicine was emphasized at the opening of the 10th annual High Level E-Health conference of the European Commission in Copenhagen.
More
HHS gives innovation awards to 26 organizations
May 8, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday the first batch of organizations receiving Health Care Innovation awards. A total of $122.6 million will support 26 projects -- many underpinned by health IT, and all aimed at improving care, saving money and improving the healthcare workforce.
More
The Key Findings of the 2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data
May 4, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
On May 2, experts from Kroll Advisory Solutions and <a href="/directory/healthcare-information-and-management-systems-society-himss" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">HIMSS</a> Analytics analyzed the key findings of the 2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data, which suggests that 16 years after the enactment of the HIPAA – the first of many regulations governing data security in the healthcare industry – increased compliance has not resulted in increased security. In fact, healthcare data breaches have risen steadily, despite stringent regulatory activity and heightened compliance.
More
Lehigh Valley Health Network: Achieves 100% uptime and future-proofs network for Mission Critical eHealth and IT applications
May 3, 2012 | White Papers
Massive capacity, 100 percent uptime, and savings of $15,000 per month. By consolidating data, voice, SAN, and video traffic on the Ciena fiber optic network, leading US healthcare provider Lehigh Valley Health Network has achieved significant management savings. The Health network uses sophisticated medical applications such as advanced diagnostic imaging, Electronic Health Medical Records (EHMRs), and video conferencing to deliver the best patient care. To ensure constant uptime for its critical systems and ramp-up disaster recovery provisioning, they turned to Ciena for their converged fiber-optic network.
More
May 16th @ 1PM ET--A Catalyst for Change: How Telemedicine is Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare and Education
April 26, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
Innovative healthcare providers are using telemedicine to move care beyond the hospital and increase inter-professional collaboration and education, in order to provide quality patient care closer to home. Join Dr. Ed Brown, CEO of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, to learn how one the world’s largest telemedicine networks has moved beyond simply facilitating telemedicine activity between providers and patients to a more strategic and comprehensive role as a catalyst for systemic change in the delivery of healthcare and education.
More
May 10th @ 1PM ET--Care Delivery Applications: Improving Nurse Productivity & Communications
April 24, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
Hear from leaders at Parkview Health System and Avaya on how you can leverage mobile devices to improve communications and patient care, while increasing nurse productivity. Leverage the learnings from Parkview as they launched new tools to have the technology find the expert versus having the staff search for the right resources. Consider how mobile technology can allow clinicians to communicate from where ever they are and to share EHR clinical information quickly, easily and securely.
More
May 29th @ 1PM ET--St. Joseph’s Security and Compliance Success Story: Implementing Identity Management in Healthcare
April 18, 2012 | Upcoming Webinars
Join this complimentary webcast to learn how St. Joseph’s has instituted a very successful identity management program to bolster security, enforce (and prove) compliance and significantly reduce administration costs. Learn how a platform approach to Identity offers not only complete security coverage for healthcare organizations but also provides the agility to seamlessly scale their security and compliance initiatives across their entire infrastructure
More
Improving Community Connectivity, Care Coordination and Outcomes
April 16, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Learn more about what is being accomplished in communities that are coordinating healthcare. Jason Colquitt, director of research services from Greenway Medical Technologies, will share insights on how community connectivity is helping provide clearer analytics, improved clinical and financial outcomes and improving the health and quality of life of individuals and the community at large. Rebecca Little, director of operations at Genesis OB/GYN, Tucson, AZ, will share how her practice directly connects to hospitals in her community to share patient data, and how this connectivity is helping increase care coordination.
More
Embrace Healthcare Change Safely: Practical Strategies for Security Risk Management
April 4, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Healthcare is in the midst of a perfect storm of change with a combination of healthcare, consumer and IT/security trends driving both compelling benefits to improve patient care and reduce cost, while also bringing significant privacy and security risk. These challenges are compounded by limited budget, security incidents like breaches, and increasing regulation and breach notification rules. Learn how to use practical risk management in a proactive, preventative approach to embrace and benefit from these changes safely.
More
Overcoming Interoperability Challenges in HIE Communities
April 2, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
Register now for this complimentary webinar. Learn how HITE-CT will increase adoption and <a href="/directory/meaningful-use" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">meaningful use</a> of <a href="/directory/electronic-health-record-ehr" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">electronic health records</a> through their <a href="/directory/health-information-exchange-hie" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">HIE</a> community by enabling connectivity, and assuring the privacy and security of electronic health information. Attend this webinar and receive the “5 Steps to Creating an HIE” white paper.
More
NewYork-Presbyterian: Using Microsoft Amalga as a Strategic Clinical Data Repository to Transform Care
March 30, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the premier academic medical centers in the world and among the first customers of Microsoft Amalga. Hear the Director of IT at NYP talk about the organizationís strategic use of Amalga as a clinical data repository that enables the health system to improve processes, performance, and patient care. The webinar will address how NYP uses Amalga to achieve compliance for inpatient and outpatient clinical quality measures, reduce readmissions for congestive heart failure, and reduce venous thromboembolic events. The presentation will also covers how NYP connects Amalga to Microsoft HealthVault to meet meaningful use objectives for patient engagement.
More
Disruptive Innovation: The Key to Empowering Patients, Transforming the Healthcare System
March 29, 2012 | White Papers
The United States is undergoing a major transformation of its healthcare delivery system, driven by federal health IT investments and healthcare reforms. This content piece features information from a joint presentation at the HIMSS12 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas in February, where Eric Dishman, General Manager of Health Strategy and Solutions at Intel Corporation, and Jason Hwang, MD, executive director of healthcare at the Innosight Institute, presented on the power of “disruptive innovation” to meet the challenges of transforming the U.S. health sector. Download this paper to read examples of how disruption health IT innovation is driving new care models across the globe.
More
Improve Federal Care and Wellness with Video
March 26, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
View this webinar to learn how <a href="/directory/cisco-systems" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">Cisco</a> Video Solutions in partnership with GovConnection, a Cisco Gold partner serving the Federal government, can provide better care and wellness.
More
Architecting the Hospital of the Future
March 19, 2012 | White Papers
Software AG, a leading provider of Business Process Excellence (BPE) solutions, is helping build the “hospital of the future” for Nemours, an internationally-recognized children’s health system. The full-service Nemours Children’s Hospital (NCH) in Orlando will feature state-of-the-art systems for its clinical, facilities, maintenance and other supporting functions, all working together and unified via Software AG technology to create a “smart building” that ensures a comforting, customized experience for young patients and their families.
More
The Data Tsunami
May 3, 2012 | Dave Lareau
Advances in technology, health reform laws, and federal stimulus funds have facilitated the creation of health information exchanges (HIEs) across medical communities and are promising to make clinical data more accessible to providers at the point of care.
More
Managing Distributed Authentication
April 24, 2012 | John Halamka
As the nation begins its pilots of pioneer Accountable Care Organizations and shares more data for care coordination and population management, IT departments will be asked to make clinical records available to increasing numbers of loosely affiliated clinicians and staff.
More
Convergence of HIE and Social Media
March 1, 2012 | Christina Thielst
The San Diego Beacon eHealth Community is one example of how we are starting to see the convergence of health information exchange (HIE) and social media technologies.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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).
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
University Health System taps Allcripts Community Record
March 8, 2012 | Industry News Release
University Health System, the lead trauma center for South Texas, will use Allscripts Community Record, powered by dbMotion, to share patient data with its facilities and the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center San Antonio. The Allscripts solution will help provide a single patient record for the many physicians and patients who use both facilities.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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).
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More