Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
Cerner to Integrate 3M Patient-Centric Software for Population Health Management
3M Health Information Systems (@3MHISNews) announced an agreement with Cerner (@Cerner), a global leader in health care technology, to use 3M Patient-focused Episodes Software with Cerner’s HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform. Providers will be able to view the landscape of a patient’s documented conditions to help define an episode of care, while analyzing costs and expected resource use.
VMDOC Interoperability with Greenway Health EMR Streamlines Clinical Workflow
VMDOC® (@1vmdoc), a cloud-based patient engagement platform, and Greenway Health (@greenway), a leading electronic medical record (EMR) system, announced an interoperability agreement that provides high value care to both patients and providers. This strategic partnership offers providers a more efficient workflow, long-term cost savings, and a comprehensive view of the patients throughout the continuum of care.
Kno2 Partners with Avizia to Introduce Telehealth to Rural Hospitals
Kno2™ (@Kno2), the company that optimizes patient document exchange for everyone in healthcare, has partnered with Avizia, a leading telehealth solution provider, to expand access to specialist and primary care in rural hospitals and facilitate continuity of care by connecting patients to providers, regardless of disparate locations.
CoreSite Realty Corporation Successfully Attains HIPAA Compliance Validation
CoreSite Realty Corporation (@CoreSite), a premier provider of secure, reliable, high-performance data center and interconnection solutions across the U.S., announced that it has successfully obtained Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) validation for its platform of 16 operating multi-tenant data centers.
CommonWell Members Enable Patient Access to Their Health Data
CommonWell Health Alliance® (@CommonWell) announced that members will be giving patients access to their health data for the first time via the CommonWell network. This access will be made possible by extending existing CommonWell services to enable a person to self-enroll in CommonWell, self-link their health records wherever they receive care, and self-query and view their health data available on the CommonWell network. Eight CommonWell members have already committed to deploying these services.
eConsult Care Coordination System Offers Effective Interoperability Workaround for Meaningful Use Objective 5 in Los Angeles County
Safety Net Connect (SNC), a provider of innovative healthcare technology that increases care coordination and access to evidence-based care, is pleased to announce that the company”s eConsult technology – a specialty care referral system that enables secure, online collaboration between primary care physicians and specialists – also offers an effective interoperability workaround for providers seeking to achieve Meaningful Use (MU) Objective 5 under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Program.
OZ Systems Presents Automated Collection of Newborn Screening Data at PHI Conference in Atlanta
Health IT innovator OZ Systems (@OZSystems) and the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Newborn Screening Program presented with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other state partners at the annual Public Health Informatics Conference in Atlanta. The session titled: Using Cutting Edge Technology to Improve Quality in Newborn Screening: a Public Health Initiative covered the states’ perspective, the technology solutions and the Meaningful Use measures that encourage hospitals to participate.
CommonWell Welcomes Newest General Members
Three new General Members have joined CommonWell (@CommonWell) over the summer, bringing their total number of members to more than 50 and counting. Their newest members continue to build the diversity of their organization and demonstrate the power of collaboration to improve the exchange of data across the broad continuum of care.