HIE

How Nebraska’s HIE Is Leveraging Real-Time Data to Improve Maternal, Postpartum Health

The next generation of HIEs must think beyond the transfer of information and explore how they can use real-time health data to improve population health outcomes, according to the CEO of Nebraska's HIE. A key way that her HIE is seeking to improve population health outcomes is through a program it launched six months ago to improve equity in maternal and postpartum care through identifying high-risk patients and sharing real-time information with providers.

By Katie Adams

Health IT, Health Services

Arizona, Colorado HIEs merge

CORHIO and Health Current, based in Colorado and Arizona respectively, have formed a new regional organization. Called Contexture, the organization aims to advance interoperability across state lines, while also driving growth and innovation.

By Anuja Vaidya

With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?

Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.

Health Services, Hospitals, Physicians

Report: As ambulatory visits fell in California, kids saw steeper declines than adults

In late March 2020, ambulatory visit volumes fell by more than 50% compared to pre-pandemic levels in California, according to a report by the state's largest nonprofit health information network. Declines in visits were greater among children and adolescents than adults, which is "concerning," the CEO of the HIN said.

By Anuja Vaidya

Health IT, Policy

ONC to put $2.5M in CARES Act funding into health information exchanges

HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator will allocate $2.5 million in CARES Act funding to health information exchanges to support public health uses of information from health information exchanges (HIEs). Five recipients will each get $500,000.

By Elise Reuter

Health IT

The Physicians Foundation launches interoperability fund in association with 6 state medical societies

The $500,000 fund will aid medical practices in sharing clinical information with other doctors and hospitals through health information exchanges.

By Erin Dietsche

MedCity Influencers

Five questions for the patient-centered data home

Health information exchanges are now focused on creating nothing less than the Patient-Centered Data Home accessible nationally. However, before doing so they must ask themselves some hard questions.

Health IT, Hospitals

Rush Health’s new HIE gives clinicians a safe way to share data

In an effort to give clinicians more opportunities to effectively share valuable information, Rush Health has launched a health information exchange called Rush Health Connect.

By Erin Dietsche

Health IT, MedCity Influencers

ERs are proving ground for patient data sharing initiatives to cut costs

Some experts, however, say competition among hospitals can be a deterrent to data sharing. Whether a hospital is willing to share information with competitors depends on how it gets paid, said Dylan Roby, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.

By Jenny Gold

Health IT

Healthcare data governance for AI

With the dramatic increase in the application of AI over gargantuan heaps of healthcare data, stringent measures for data governance have become even more indispensable in the interest of patient safety. Data is everywhere and is being produced all the time. Most of the routine tasks we perform, from making a simple phone call to […]

MedCity Influencers

Responsibility Matters: A Message from a Data Analyst

I recently read an article that raised the question of who owns your health data. By ownership, I am referring to who has the power to either access or give someone access to your medical information. There are many interested parties in knowing all about you for valid reasons: Your PCP wants to know what […]

Health Services

Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management

We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.

By Build My Health and MedCity News

MedCity Influencers

Single Providers – Key to Healthcare Reform

Representing nearly half of the healthcare sector, single providers are key players in the healthcare reform. EMRs, initially designed for hospital base use may have proved surplus to the needs of independent practitioners with a smaller patient base. However, with the recent shift towards coordinated care, the healthcare sector is changing quickly and recent trends […]

MedCity Influencers

What do ACOs bring to the table?

With the US healthcare system in shambles, there is a lot riding on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). In fact, most medical professionals today regard ACOs as the cornerstone of the healthcare reforms. “There is a need for a grand scheme; a vision that can align goals in the health community. ACOs offer just that”, says […]

MedCity Influencers

EMR – A drop in the bucket

The recent focus of the government is slowly shifting towards HIEs and interoperable systems as EMR adoption continues to rise. Many health IT experts argue that while EMR may have been the core of the health IT movement initially, its importance lies in building the support pillars for a new system that extends far beyond […]