Health Information Exchange (HIE)

A doctor holding a digital tablet interacting with a senior patient in bed.
By Adam Ang 09:21 pm September 05, 2024
It will underpin the interoperable connection between My Health Record and aged care digital care management systems.
By Mike Miliard 09:56 am September 03, 2024
The qualified health information network says athenahealth, ModuleMD and Solace Health have gone live on its TEFCA platform, which features Carequality access, new security capabilities and more streamlined workflows.
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By Mike Miliard 10:15 am August 19, 2024
Epic is applauding the move, and says it expects that all of its clients nationwide will be live on the exchange framework by the end of next year, via its Epic Nexus qualified health information network.
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By Andrea Fox 11:04 am August 16, 2024
Also: Elevance Health and CDR announced a national primary care platform for risk-based healthcare delivery that takes a whole health approach to improve patient outcomes.
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By Andrea Fox 08:27 am August 08, 2024
A prehospital health information exchange in Michigan that provides bidirectional interoperability will bridge ambulatory data gaps and enhance care coordination en route to the hospital and during post-discharge care transitions.
By Adam Ang 03:08 am August 07, 2024
This comes as part of its 10-year strategy to improve health outcomes for people living with rare disorders.
Yvonne Dooley of Harmony Park Family Medicine on electronic prior authorization
By Bill Siwicki 01:36 pm July 12, 2024
Harmony Park Family Medicine also saw turnaround times decrease significantly, with more than half of monthly determinations requiring no authorization – and 70% of prior auth requests sent to Humana being approved instantly.
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By Andrea Fox 07:03 am July 12, 2024
Another week, another leak of personally identifiable information and protected health information at more than one major health organization. This time, a critical access hospital and a department of public health are attacked by ransomware.
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By Adam Ang 07:12 pm July 11, 2024
The Australian Digital Health Agency has outlined specific steps to increase the uptake of healthcare identifiers across health facilities.
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By Andrea Fox 10:55 am July 11, 2024
In its new HTI-2 proposed rule, the Office of the National Coordinator is hoping FHIR-focused interoperability criteria will ignite payers and public health and others to embrace broader information sharing goals.