Health Information Exchange, ACO, EHR, and HIE Implementation Resources
FEATURED ARTICLES: HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
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![etechnology wearable data.jpg]( "Why Patient-Generated Data Is Critical To HIEs")
Why Patient-Generated Data Is Critical To HIEsHealth systems of all types have increasingly recognized the need to empower and engage patients in their care processes, ranging from disease prevention through to end-of-life care. To achieve that end, patient-generated health data (PGHD) is an important component. PGHD has had a place in the clinic for decades in the form of the patient symptom diary.
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Why Build When You Can Buy? -- Considering A White Labelled Telemedicine Solution7/23/2019
Telemedicine is one of the fastest growing sectors of the healthcare industry. How fast? In 2015, about 1 million patients used a telemedicine service; over the next three years, that number grew to 7 million. And many industry experts expect 2019 to be the “tipping point” at which telemedicine truly scales up across all areas of healthcare.
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The Future Of HIEs10/17/2018
The United States government passed the 21st Century Cures Act in December 2016 that paved the way for a more streamlined device and drug approval process. The objective of this act was to bring new treatments to the market faster. While the debate in mainstream media focused on the merits of approving drugs based on weaker evidence and bypassing randomized, controlled trials, there were other provisions in the law that were truly remarkable.
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Why ACOs Need More From HIT10/16/2018
As Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) take on more risk under the new Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), they must provide quality care while generating cost savings. This challenge is especially pronounced within the fast-growing senior population, the group most likely to experience a serious or advanced illness and who often need extensive healthcare services.
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- Keeping Health Data Secure Online
- Healthcare Data Warehousing: Managing Many Moving Parts
CASE STUDIES & WHITE PAPERS
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Whiite Paper: The Advantages Of Open Source HIE1/18/2011This white paper outlines how standards-based open source technologies can be leveraged to exchange patient clinical data with authorized users to advance the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery and facilitate the meaningful use of EHRs.
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
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![Ken Congdon, Editor In Chief of Health IT Outcomes]( "Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?")
Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?According to a recent Medscape survey, 46% of physicians say they are burned out. How much is the drive towards health IT adoption contributing to this epidemic?
HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Health Information Exchanges or HIEs are systems designed to facilitate the transfer of clinical information among disparate health care information systems. The importance of an HIE comes from the need to retain the integrity and meaning of the data being transferred, allowing different systems to share information seamlessly. This information sharing can improve quality and safety of patient care by giving healthcare professionals instant access to information about patients that may not have historically been available as quickly as needed. HIEs can also help educate consumers and patients and involve them in their own wellness by providing them with their healthcare information via the web.
Benefits of HIEs include reduction in manual labor required for printing, faxing, and scanning documents, reduction in mailing costs associated with transferring patient charts and records, reduction in time and effort required to verify physical receipt of information or recover missing information, and a reduction in duplicate work. These benefits from HIE can provide lower healthcare costs for consumers and lower operational costs for providers. In addition, HIEs have helped to facilitate the emergence of new technology and health care services.
In the United States, regulations regarding HIEs are still being defined. Meaningful Use and state-sponsored HIEs — along with fluctuating regulations among states — are causing rapid changes and advancements to occur in the HIE space.
FEATURED NEWS
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Collaboration Aims To Boost Data Exchange, Improve Interoperability1/12/2017
Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance join forces to further interoperability. By Christine Kern, contributing writer