Patient-centric HIEs Will Meet Demands of Baby Boomers
The Patients Are Coming! The Patients Are Coming! Beyond Electronic Health Records The CDC recently reported that 55% of physicians are now using EHRs, and…
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HIEs and Health IT Offer Solutions to Handle Aging Population
The Patients Are Coming! The Patients Are Coming! Only HIE Can Handle the Silver Surge At the risk of spilling yet more ink over one…
Hospitals: Are You Ready for an ACO?
ACOs Change Delivery of Care by Improving Quality The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) aims to change the way hospitals deliver care by changing the financial…
Two Largest Kansas Health Systems Connect via HIE
Successful Exchange of Clinical Information Two KHIN early adopter sites in Wichita, Kansas, Via Christi Health Systems and HCA Wesley, transferred clinical data into the…
HIE as a Core Infrastructure for ACOs
Health Information Exchange Is the Foundation for ACOs Reference to Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) appears in only seven pages of the massive healthcare reform law…
Kansas Health Information Network Launches Direct Capabilities
KHIN Launches Direct Capabilities with over 2,000 Users Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN) announced that it has launched Direct messaging capabilities for providers in the…
HIEs Must Meet Big Data Challenges
Solving Issues Around Big Data As Health Information Exchanges (HIE) become more common there is a greater focus on technology as a differentiating factor for…
All HIEs Are Not Created Equal
Attributes of the Patient Centric and Patient Portability Models Health Information Exchange (HIE) is often defined as the process of sharing health-related information among organizations…
Implementation Challenges and Barriers to Successful HIEs
HIEs Need Cultural “MegaChange” to Flourish John Smith ICA The alchemy involved in developing and executing a successful health information exchange (HIE) is complex. Technology,…