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Developing a Shared, Nationwide Roadmap for Interoperability
Erica Galvez | August 6, 2014
When we issued our interoperability vision paper, Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure, in June, and the HHS Principles and Strategy for Accelerating Health Information Exchange last year, we promised that the journey would be collaborative. I am pleased to say we are delivering on this promise and launching a new, interactive community on www.healthit.gov/interoperability-community.
Read Full Post.Health Information Exchange among U.S. Hospitals Continues to Grow, but Significant Work Remains
Erica Galvez | May 5, 2014
Hospitals across the country continue to adopt health IT such as electronic health record (EHRs) to improve the health and health care of their patients. ONC posted the latest results [PDF – 933kb] from the 2013 American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Annual Health IT Survey, which show that more than nine out of ten hospitals possess certified EHR technology, and nearly six in ten hospitals adopted an EHR with advanced functionalities (classified as a Basic EHR).
Read Full Post.New Interoperability Guide: View-Download-Transmit for HIOs
Erica Galvez | July 23, 2013
Following our release of Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Transitions of Care, today we’ve posted our second interoperability deep dive document for Health Information Exchange Organizations (HIOs), Key Considerations for Health Information Organizations Supporting Meaningful Use Stage 2 Patient Electronic Access Measures.
Read Full Post.HIE Bright Spots: MRSA Prevention Through Care Coordination – Part 4
Erica Galvez | April 9, 2013
Over the last several weeks we have been following Larry (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), a patient with diabetes and a history of non-compliance. Because Larry’s primary care providers either do not have EHRs or other care coordination tools or are unable to exchange information between one another, they do not know that he had been hospitalized and instructed to make important changes in his medications.
Read Full Post.HIE Bright Spots: Supporting Mental Health Care Coordination – Part 3
Erica Galvez | April 2, 2013
Last week we discussed the importance of health information exchange (HIE) and the work being done in Maryland to help make sure that providers receive important updates about patients. This week we want to share with our readers how HIE entities and automated, real time alerts can be critical in mental health care coordination for patients.