Health Information Exchange (HIE)

 
Report: HIEs failing at true interoperability
May 14, 2012 |
Mike Miliard
Until EHR vendors incorporate shared standards, HIEs will remain in stunted development, where most only exchange very simple data sets, according to a report from Chilimark Research.
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ONC seeks comments on NwHIN road rules
May 11, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
ONC will use comments it receives to help develop a proposed rule on governing the nationwide health information network.
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ONC unwraps new health IT dashboard
May 9, 2012 |
Mike Miliard
The Web site, which includes more than 150 maps of ONC data, delivers information on HIT progress to the public.
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6 ways big data can boost healthcare
May 9, 2012 |
Michelle McNickle
What with health entities 'drowning in information but dying of thirst' the analysis of big data sets hold great promise. Here are half-a-dozen things to know now.
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Q&A: RWJF's Michael Painter on meaningful use Stage 2's impact on public and population health
May 8, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior program officer Michael Painter, MD, discusses how the meaningful use program is creating an electronic records and exchange infrastructure that stands to benefit public health.
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IHI highlights 'dynamic grassroots movement' toward triple-aim
May 8, 2012 |
Bernie Monegain
The new book "Pursuing the Triple Aim" shines a light on seven pioneering healthcare organizations that are gearing up to improve patient and population health at a lower cost, and doing so without drivers from the federal government.
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Big data and public health, part 2: Reducing unwarranted services
May 7, 2012 |
Roger Foster
Roger Foster continues his look at how government and private health agencies can harness big data to the betterment of public health. In this article, Foster delves into ways that data analytics can both enhance patient care and cut costs.
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CMS seeks tools to verify income data for exchanges
May 7, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
CMS wants to develop health insurance exchange verification data and services to support eligibility for employer-sponsored and qualified health plans.
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Mitigating PHI danger in the cloud
May 2, 2012 |
Rick Kam
When putting protected health information into the cloud, healthcare organizations need to consider the legal liabilities. That starts with controlling your response to data breaches, and includes an incident response plan.
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Johns Hopkins: How ACA will bolster population health
April 30, 2012 |
David Bodycombe
David Bodycombe of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on how health IT -- EHRs, predictive modeling, PHRs, genomic profiles -- are ushering in an era of greater individualization of care that will improve, among other things, treatment of patients with multi-morbidities.
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Case study: Idaho HIE teams with EMR vendors, doc groups to keep costs down
April 26, 2012 |
Patty Enrado
On the tenet that "the future of medicine and success is dependent on having data," Idaho's Health Data Exchange is building out one connection that hooks into multiple clinics, rather than individual links to each.
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Hawaii beacon offers practice redesign for medical home
April 25, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Hawaii Island Beacon Community uses curriculum from AAFP to transform primary care medical practices.
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Solving Healthcare Compliance and eDiscovery with Intelligent, Adaptive and Converged Information Management
April 23, 2012 |
Government Health IT Staff
In this session, we will look at modern and adaptable strategies to the retention lifecycle of information that frees healthcare providers from the complexities of retaining and accessing data for the long term, while radically lowering business risk.
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Secure Physician Mobile Access to Patient Data with Virtualization
April 11, 2012 |
Government Health IT Staff
Citrix is redefining IT for a new era in Healthcare. For the first time, you can watch a cardiologist who uses Citrix technology and see how Citrix empowers healthcare through virtual computing. See how easy it is to access clinical desktops from anywhere, securely order medications from any computer or device, access real-time info about patients in seconds, go mobile instantly with desktops that follow users, review real time ER caseloads & allocate resources remotely, enable HD face to face telemedicine, use Citrix HDX plug n play to support voice recognition devices to update patient records and secure patient health information (PHI) on devices.
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Improve Federal Care and Wellness with Video
March 21, 2012 |
Government Health IT Staff
View this webinar to learn how Cisco Video Solutions in partnership with GovConnection, a Cisco Gold partner serving the Federal government, can provide better care and wellness.
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Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it
October 12, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
In this Web seminar, learn firsthand from five healthcare organizations how, after integrating Perceptive Software enterprise content management (ECM) products, they are realizing cost and time-saving benefits enterprise-wide. The customer panel will share lessons learned and best practices for deploying ECM technology with their business and health information systems.
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Delivering the Future of Healthcare: Maintain Compliance, Improve Efficiency and Continuity of Care...Virtually Anywhere
September 29, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
The role of IT is becoming increasingly pivotal in how healthcare organizations deliver products and services. Healthcare providers must not only achieve HIPAA compliance and meaningful use while still providing world class care and services, they must also wrestle with how to reinvent themselves in order to deliver on accountable care in the near future. Learn how you can deliver the future of healthcare...virtually anywhere.
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Proactive Security and Privacy Monitoring for Modern Healthcare Networks
September 8, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
The HITECH Act of 2009 accelerated the adoption and deployment of EHR/EMR systems. However, along with the many benefits, this trend also introduces greater risk of privacy and security breaches. The emerging rise of cloud-based healthcare services similarly brings many benefits but reduces visibility and control over sensitive data. Addressing these challenges requires continuous monitoring across data, systems, and applications in modern healthcare networks.
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Event Log Management & Compliance Best Practices: For Government & Healthcare Industry Sectors
August 23, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
Records of events taking place in your environment are being logged right now into event logs and Syslog files across your servers, workstations and networking devices. This log data needs to be collected, stored, analyzed and monitored to meet and report on regulatory compliance standards such as FISMA or HIPAA.
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Futureproofing Healthcare with Converged Medical Infrastructure
August 23, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
The face of healthcare is transforming at a blistering pace. Simply staying abreast of the changes is a daunting task leaving little time for the innovation necessary to stay competitive in the marketplace. The future of the medical infrastructure lies in the power of IT convergence. The converged medical infrastructure integrates servers, storage, networking, management software, services, power and cooling into one flexible, modular, standards-based platform to give you the power to handle any workload, anywhere, anytime. Learn how to futureproof your medical information with the converged medical infrastructure.
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VMware View for Healthcare: Improve Clinician Workflow
August 5, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
VMware View streamlines desktop and application management, accelerates provisioning and improves security through centralization, resulting in an immediately accessible, always available desktop for healthcare providers. VMware View enables healthcare organizations to quickly respond to changing needs while reducing cost and complexity.
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Best Practices for the Implementation of Telepresence in a Telehealth Solution
June 29, 2011 |
GHIT Staff
Join Michael Young, director of Telemedicine at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, as he shares best practices in implementing telepresence as part of the telehealth solution.
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Coordinating Care Across Communities with Microsoft HealthVault Community Connect
May 31, 2011 |
GHIT Staff
In this webinar Dr. Marc Pierson, Lori Nichols, and Brady Davis will discuss how PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is improving patient adherence to care plans, and community-based care coordination with Microsoft HealthVault Community Connect and Shared Care Plan.
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Realizing the Promise of Health Information Exchange
April 13, 2011 |
GHIT Staff
True reform of the healthcare system will depend on having clinical data points available upon which to make decisions. At this point, clinical data exchange remains mostly theoretical; even the exchange of administrative data is fraught with challenges. In order to get the right incentives in place through both meaningful use and payment reform, we need a very focused and deliberate plan moving forward. We are making progress -- but it must move faster. Gain insight into what levers are being considered and pulled in order to help realize the promise of health information exchange.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 26, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... A look at health issues in this week's primary states, MU stage 2 needs more than SMTP, top 5 hurdles to meaningful use, and Big Data Week.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 19, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... Big Data, the Boston Red Sox, AMA lobbyists' role in ICD-10 delay, and the 5 facets of HIT at greatest risk in SCOTUS ruling.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 12, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: What the ICD-10 delay really means, CMS touts MSSP ACOs many of which are physician-led, a pair of HIEs adopt Direct, and the PHI questions to ask all your business associates.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 5, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... Public health, meet Big Data. VA and DoD to use open 3M HDD in iEHR, offer it to healthcare community. And HIE wins and woes.
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What is the benefit of an HIE?
March 30, 2012 |
John Moehrke
The economic advantages of health information exchange may not be a big as some might hope, and care quality remains to be seen, but HIE are putting the patient at the center of their healthcare.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 23, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: Betting on SCOTUS, PPACA turns two, why EHRs have not improved since 1982, huge HIT strides otherwise, checking with a NwHIN Exchange partner, and the role lobbyists play in health policy.
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Consumer Innovation Challenge
March 22, 2012 |
Brian Ahier
I am privileged to work with the ONC and six different states that are responding to the Consumer Innovation Challenge. The goal of the Challenge is to rapidly create a project that will provide patients with access to their health information within six months.
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Registration now open for 8th annual Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition
March 21, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
In addition to attendees being able to register, the call for proposals will stand open until the end of this month.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 16, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
NwHIN and the HIE onslaught, deep inside the MU Stage 2 NPRM, and another HIPAA 5010 delay.
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Inland Empire HIE set to make community HIE successful
March 12, 2012 |
Patty Enrado
At a time when the value and sustainability of public health information exchanges (HIEs) are being questioned, Inland Empire Health Information Exchange (IEHIE), which plans to go live on April 1, is making a case for both.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 9, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: the brouhaha over EHR costs, Stage 2 public comments period begins, HL7’s broadening horizons, and the GOP pack.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 1, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: HIMSS12 reflections, initial reactions to meaningful use Stage 2, ICD-11 fire rages on, VA and DoD on VLER and iEHR, mobile health apps, Santorum vs. Romney on healthcare, and more.
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