Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Leaders from ONC, CMS, CDC and the VA – along with six newly-designated QHIN candidates – gathered on Monday to discuss their visions for data exchange progress in 2023 and beyond.

Health Gorilla, Kno2 and KONZA National Network are the others, given a green light for testing and onboarding as qualified health information networks under TEFCA.

As the United Arab Emirates continue their digital transformation, Ali Alajme, director of the digital health department at the UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention, offers an update.

The CyncHealth health information exchange for Nebraska and Iowa and its two partners are being recognized by HHS's Racial Equity in Postpartum Care Challenge.

The collaboration will see five of the biggest health data exchanges in the U.S. working with the planned Qualified Health Information Network on the interoperability framework.

Patient identity is a great weakness in healthcare infrastructure, according the physician informaticist who led the algorithm research, which is aimed at boosting interoperability and patient safety.

Cloud-based indexing can fix duplicate patient records, improving interoperability and patient outcomes for health information exchanges like etHIN.

Improving healthcare access requires data initiatives that allow agencies and providers across states to build a holistic view of a patient's needs, says Sumit Sajnani, health information technology officer for Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy.

Health IT leaders and federal officials have spent years attempting to solve the challenges Larry Ellison says his company can fix. Many experts are skeptical. But if Oracle can make it happen, it would be a major achievement for healthcare.

Analytics tools can help efficiently extract and share HIE data, which leads to informed clinical decisions that can drive improved patient outcomes, says Dr. Rami Riman, director of clinical and business improvements in EMEA for InterSystems.