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How HIEs Can Prepare Clients for the ONC Interoperability Rule
Health information exchanges (HIEs) will play a critical role in how providers will comply with the ONC Interoperability Rule. By Christopher Jason March 19, 2021 – This time last year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) dropped the interoperability rule as a part of the 21st Century Cures Act, which primarily focuses on information blocking…
Read MoreStages of Health Information Exchange Implementation
Providers and health IT professionals across the country are demanding health information exchange, but developing a sufficient infrastructure is challenging. March 26, 2021 – The demand for health information exchange (HIE) across established institutional barriers is certain. Healthcare professionals across all sectors display a sense of passion for participating in patient data exchange to improve patient care…
Read MoreCA Provider Coalition to Support a State Health Information Exchange
A group of California healthcare organizations and stakeholders have banded together to support the development of a new statewide health information exchange (HIE). By Christopher Jason March 02, 2021 – Connecting for Better Health, a group of California’s most influential healthcare organizations and stakeholders, announced they launched a coalition to support a California statewide health information exchange (HIE). The need…
Read MoreManifest MedEx is here to help during COVID-19
We want to take a moment to express our deep thanks and gratitude to all working on the front lines to protect our communities, heal our loved ones during the COVID-19 crisis, and flatten the curve of the pandemic. While this is a profoundly challenging time, we are heartened by the deep collaboration and generosity…
Read MoreAnthem, Humana along with Apple and Google testing API for patient access to claims data
While announcements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and major tech giants took center stage at the Blue Button Developers Conference on Tuesday, another initiative was announced that could potentially have huge implications for patients getting easier access to their claims data. The Carin Alliance, a private sector collaboration made up of major health insurers, providers, health IT companies and tech…
Read MoreBig payers, tech, hospitals collaborate on medical claims standards
8 Prime Healthcare hospitals join California health data-sharing network
Why tech companies keep hitting the same wall when they try to get into health care
Technology companies like Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft keep making moves in the health sector, which isn’t surprising given that it represents a $3.5 trillion opportunity. But these companies keep hitting the same stumbling block: the inability to share health information across medical systems. Millions of patients are learning that they can’t share clinical data from their electronic medical records between…
Read MoreHow data is catapulting health care innovation in California
Hidden behind the Bay Area’s blossoming data-driven health care startup arena is a rapidly enlarging pool of digital health records. In just over two years, California’s health information exchange (HIE), Manifest MedEx, has swelled to 17 million medical records, about 40 percent of people living in the state. To date, 70 hospitals and five health…
Read MoreCalifornia ambulances connected to HIE speed care
California ambulance services now can connect to the state’s health information exchange, called Manifest MedEx, thanks to a $4.9 million grant from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority. Six local EMS agencies, 13 other EMS providers and 16 hospitals will cover eight counties—representing 7.6 million residents—will be participating in the project. Connecting the ambulances will…
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