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Q&A: Mostashari on sequester, RECs, CommonWell
March 6, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
The national coordinator discusses the impact sequestration will have on ONC, the current state of exchange in light of CommonWell, and what the future might hold for regional extension centers.
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HIE 2.0 closer than it might appear
February 26, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
The health information exchange model is metamorphosing from its initial phase of Direct secure messaging and patient look-up toward a new age of value-added services that one HIE director believes "will have a profound effect on healthcare," quality across America.
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Taking NHINWatch to new heights
February 25, 2013 |
Patty Enrado
In a farewell column, NHINWatch Editor Patty Enrado shares her excitement for handing day-to-day operations of the site over to Government Health IT's own Anthony Brino.
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ONC posts Connect 4.0 open source HIE tool
February 12, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
The latest edition of ONC's gateway software takes a more modular approach, supports meaningful use Stage 2, a higher volume of messages, and runs on more application servers.
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Panetta says DoD, VA to 'meet or beat' iEHR rollout goals
December 7, 2012 |
Erin McCann
The Secretary of Defense, along with VA Secretary Shinseki say the agencies need "to do everything we can" to expedite development of the joint iEHR.
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Can public and private HIEs get along?
November 16, 2012 |
Diana Manos
A new study points to interoperability and data exchange problems between public and private HIEs in the same region if they are operating on different systems.
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The 3 phases of Arizona Health-e Connection's citizen wellness efforts
November 16, 2012 |
Patty Enrado
The private-public partnership is embracing the Direct protocol to securely link all the appropriate networks for health information exchange, and to ensure continuing use of its services.
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Commentary: Tapping NYeC standards to achieve value in HIE
October 19, 2012 |
Patty Enrado
Several downstate New York RHIOs are either collaborating or in talks with the New York eHealth Collaborative regarding infrastructure, services, database software and operational support, all with the intent to overcome HIE value barriers.
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New York HIE selects MedAllies as Direct exchange provider
September 20, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
MedAllies solution is based on ONC Direct Project guidelines and specifications of multi-state, multi-vendor interoperability group.
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Public health and HIEs: IIS integration
September 12, 2012 |
Noam Arzt, PhD, FHIMSS
Noam Arzt delves into the different strategies and tactics that health information exchanges might consider when looking to create system-to-system interoperability.
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NHIN, NwHIN and Healtheway
September 11, 2012 |
Roberta Mullin
ONC is on track to stand up NwHIN-Exchange, under a new name, as a non-federal non-profit health information exchange next month. Roberta Mullen explains the transition.
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ONC drops pursuit of NwHIN governance
September 10, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Public commenters were clear that regulation could slow exchange development just as those activities are emerging, Mostashari said.
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Health Information Exchange Toolkit
January 30, 2013 | White Papers
This Experian QAS whitepaper discusses the challenges around the Health Information Exchange and details three simple steps agencies can take in order to streamiline the migration and enable a seamless implementation.
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New World Order: Effectively Securing Healthcare Data Through Secure Information Exchanges
December 12, 2012 | White Papers
Healthcare is dominated by the need for the sharing of detailed patient information as a result of today's information age. But it's also the focal point of the debate of how information is shared versus protecting the need for privacy, security and confidentiality. Data protection is paramount in today’s virtual environment and implementing a Secure Information Exchange (SIE) now will help organizations save both themselves and their patients down the road.
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Ten Things to Ask Your SAAS Vendor Before Entering the Cloud
October 12, 2011 | White Papers
This whitepaper provides tips based on best practices gathered through analysis of the industry and direct experience with thousands of cloud deployments—including tips from CIOs, program and project managers, directors of IT, engineers, developers, and administrators in various industries and various size companies
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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 11, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
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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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
February 14, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
HIE, iEHR, open source, and health IT in 2023.
NyeC, eHealth Exchange choose compliance test body
October 11, 2012 |
Brian Ahier
CCHIT to certify that interfaces between health IT and HIEs are consistent across systems and states.
With eHealth Exchange, we are entering new era of HIE
September 4, 2012 |
Brian Ahier
The NwHIN Exchange, under a new name, continues to take shape and move closer to its goal of being a sustainable public-private health information exchange.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
August 24, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
MU Stage 2 final rule appears, but there's plenty of other EHR, HIE, and HIN news, too, with a sprinkling of advice about cloud computing.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 14, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This week, it's the Government Health IT annual conference. Rethinking the HIE business model, SCOTUS and ACA, DoD makes AHLTA Theater open source, and more.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 8, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Big data, Medicaid medical homes, mashups, public health, next week's Government Health IT conference, and a bit of comic relief, acronym-style.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 1, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
PCMHs becoming 'medical neighborhoods' in Hudson Valley, on big data bolstering public and private health, Delaware and Michigan roll out clouds, Romney vaguely vows to stop Obamacare, and a new reader poll.
On healthcare metadata and the Dublin Core
May 16, 2012 |
John Moehrke
John Moehrke explains why so many discussions around healthcare metadata are unproductive, and delves into the purpose of metadata, and the Dublin Core.
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.
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.
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.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
February 17, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
HIMSS12 coming right up. Meaningful use stage 2, ICD-11, EHRs, PHRs, and public health in one local election.