The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, and the National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE), a nonprofit authority in consumer-mediated electronic health information exchange, announced a partnership to cooperate on Phase II of the Virtual Clipboard Initiative and to advance research concerning healthcare interoperability.
Virtual Clipboard Initiative Overview
Built off the recommendations contained in the 2013 WEDI Report, the Virtual Clipboard Initiative is designed to leverage health IT to enhance the patient experience while improving patient safety. Together, both WEDI and NATE will partner to find common solutions that optimize the appropriate exchange of health information for greater gains in adoption and outcomes. Both NATE and WEDI welcome the participation of all interested stakeholders and encourage them to get engaged with either or both organizations’ collaborative activities.
“This is an important partnership for our industry, and one that will afford tremendous advantages to the members of both organizations,” said Aaron Seib, NATE CEO in an official statement. “We are confident that the synergies of our organizations will produce amazing returns as we look to enhance the use of additional interoperable technologies that include the consumer, bringing about a new era in healthcare.”
