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The panel discussion titled “HIE: Is it real? Does it work?” at the recent AMDIS Physician-Computer Symposium offered an opportunity for HIE vendors Axolotl, ICA, Microsoft and McKesson to explain the value of health information exchanges to a roomful of CMIOs.
Health information exchanges are nearing meaningful use in terms of their business strategy, said Trudi Matthews, director of policy and public relations at HealthBridge, during a recent webinar discussion on the release of the eHealth Initiative's annual HIE survey. The webinar, hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative, disseminated data from the organization's seventh annual survey on HIE.
Ninety-four percent of physicians are using smartphones to communicate, manage personal and business workflows and access medical information, according to a report from Spyglass Consulting Group. This represents a significant increase from Spyglass’ findings in a similar study published in November 2006 in which 59 percent of physicians reported using smartphones.
The healthcare landscape has changed a lot since Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), the first statewide health information exchange (HIE) in the U.S., went live in the spring of 2007, says Gina Perez, MPA, the DHIN executive director. Perez, who also serves on the Department of Health and Human Services' Health IT Standards Committee, recently spoke with CMIO about these changes and what’s next for DHIN.
Keen interest from the Australian government toward e-health initiatives will be one of the major drivers of double-digit growth for the country's health IT market from 2009 to 2014, according to an analysis from Frost & Sullivan.
Mirth powered the first U.S. publicly staged multiple-organization demonstration of National Health Information Network (NHIN) direct standards and technologies at the recent Redwood MedNet HIE Conference in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Saint Luke’s Health System, a 1,200-bed organization representing 11 hospitals across Missouri and Kansas, has signed on with CapSite Consulting's online subscription-based healthcare technology pricing and packaging service.
Written by Jeff Byers
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colo., has signed an agreement with MobileMD to provide health information exchange (HIE) services to its physician and medical communities.
InterSystems has completed an enterprise-scale integration initiative at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Stanford, Calif., from integration software to the InterSystems Ensemble platform.
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Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications, will soon make available Verizon Health Information Exchange (HIE) via cloud technology to share patient information electronically among healthcare providers.
“The challenges that organizations face today with regard to clinical analytics are only going to be amplified in the future, as is evident in the later stages of meaningful use criteria,” according to a report from Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Analytics.
Much of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 implementation activity will occur at the state level, as will provisions in healthcare reform that build on health IT and health information exchange, according to a report from eHealth Initiative.
Whether connecting competitive hospitals or just linking to community physicians, healthcare providers considered 38 unique vendors in their search for health information exchange (HIE) technology, according to a report from research firm KLAS. However, only five companies were considered in more than 10 percent of buying decisions, the company reported.
Mac McMillan has been selected as chair of the Health Information Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Privacy and Security Steering Committee.
To facilitate a healthcare delivery system in Kansas, Gov. Mark Parkinson has established the nonprofit, public-private Kansas Health Information Exchange (HIE) to uphold federal requirements for a statewide exchange of health information.
Written by Justine Cadet
The Privacy and Security Tiger Team has a finite amount of time to determine how to protect personal health information, particularly in the growing trend of message handling in directed exchanges where intermediaries may be required, and therefore, an increased exposure to risk, explained Deven McGraw, Chair of Privacy & Security Tiger Team, during the HIT Standards Committee meeting on June 30.
Written by Justine Cadet
Claiming that not enough has been done to protect the privacy rights of patients, the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Tuesday against the R.I. Department of Health, challenging the rules the agency has adopted to implement a centralized database of patient healthcare records in the state for its statewide health information exchange.
Eight in 10 hospital CIOs are reportedly concerned or very concerned they will not be able to demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs within the federally established deadline of 2015, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute.
Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., has selected Medicity as its partner to build a community-wide health information exchange (HIE).
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.