Health Information Exchange (HIE)
With the initial model for the Direct Project, a streamlined version of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) in place, the federal Health IT Standards Committee has been evaluating how well it stacks up technically against other point-to-point data exchange methods.
In September, Healthcare IT News explained how one lawsuit against a nascent health information exchange could be a sign of things to come as states get their own HIEs up and running.
With a more urgent timeline for data sharing across the country, the government is now rethinking the Nationwide Health Information Network – the NHIN.
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to release CMS' Medicare data and add the information to its WHIO Health Analytics Exchange, according to executive director Julie Bartels.
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has unveiled the first version of the software that will allow simple information exchange between providers, a crucial enabler for the first stage of meaningful use of electronic health records.
A crucial vote relating to operational rules for the nationwide health information network (NHIN), required for a proposed rule on NHIN governance due to be published early next year, has been delayed.
The top two managers of the Connect exchange gateway are leaving the pioneering federal health information exchange (HIE) program as it sets new directions to advance the adoption of health information exchange for meaningful use.
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) scale. It is the first hospital outside of the United States to achieve the Stage 7 designation, and the only hospital in Asia to do so.
Vangent has been awarded a $3.3 million contract with the Indian Health Service (IHS) to support meaningful use interoperability deployment. Its Health Information Exchange Open Source (HIEOS) technology will help IHS meet requirements for EHR certification.
IBM and Aetna subsidiary ActiveHealth Management, alongside Medens Corp., will deliver cloud services to help physicians in Puerto Rico share and exchange health information and make more accurate decisions about patient care.