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5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements

by Claudia Williams, CEO of Manifest MedEx 12/04/2020 Leave a Comment

5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements

When doctors know their patients have been to the hospital, they can act fast to provide needed support. Widespread use of hospital event notifications is associated with all kinds of health benefits, including a 10 percent decrease in readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries. These event notifications are one of the simplest, easiest (most-bipartisan!), and most impactful changes we can make to improve patient outcomes in U.S. healthcare.  To this goal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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Unite Us Expands Social Determinants of Health Platform to 6 States

by Jasmine Pennic 10/23/2020 Leave a Comment

Unite Us Expands Social Determinants of Health Platform to 6 States

What You Should Know: - Unite Us, the tech company building coordinated care networks nationwide announced a significant expansion to its partnership with Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NEHII), a health information exchange, to six additional states. - This growing partnership aims to break down existing obstacles between clinical and social service providers to allow for improved SDoH workflows, comprehensive, whole-person care with trackable outcomes and data, and the creation
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Fresenius Kidney Care Rolls Out National Data Exchange Network

by Jasmine Pennic 10/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Fresenius Kidney Care Rolls Out National Data Exchange Network

What You Should Know: - Fresenius Kidney Care, the dialysis services division of Fresenius Medical Care North America, rolled out CommonWell health data exchange services to its dialysis facilities nationwide. - This initiative is a significant stride towards better-coordinated care for patients requiring life-sustaining dialysis for kidney failure and will enable the real-time exchange of critical patient health information--allowing healthcare providers to access the most
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Accounting for the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate 10/01/2020 Leave a Comment

Accounting for the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a medical crisis.  Since the highly contagious disease hit American shores in early 2020, the virus has dramatically changed all sectors of society, negatively impacting everything from food supply chains and sporting events to the nation’s mental and behavioral health. For some people, work-from-home plans and limited access to entertainment are manageable obstacles.  For others, the shuttered schools, lost wages, and social isolation spell disaster –
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The COVID-19 Data Challenges Facing Payers

by Dr. Chris Hobson, Chief Medical Officer, Orion Health 09/24/2020 Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 Data Challenges Facing Payers

Both payers and providers can benefit from the same or similar high-quality data and can work together to provide the best possible services to patients with COVID-19 while avoiding overloading the healthcare system. The key is to use combined payer, clinical, and social data plus technology such as telehealth and artificial intelligence (AI). Payer Perspective on COVID-19 The overriding concern for payers during the COVID-19 crisis is the need to support member health.  During an
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HHS Announces Investments for STAR HIE Program to Support State and Local Public Health Agencies

by Fred Pennic 08/12/2020 Leave a Comment

HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge_HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch

What You Should Know: - HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will award up to five 5 cooperative agreements under the Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health Agencies via Health Information Exchange (STAR HIE) Program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity to expand and accelerate innovative
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Using HIEs to Prepopulate Forms Improves Public Health Disease Reporting, Study Finds

by Fred Pennic 06/15/2020 Leave a Comment

Using HIEs to Prepopulate Forms Improves Public Health Disease Reporting, Study Finds

What You Should Know: - A new study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University shows that using electronic health information exchanges (HIE) to prepopulate forms for notifiable disease reports increases reporting and completeness of information. - The system extracts data from the Indiana Health Information Exchange and fills in the information fields on the official state reporting form. - The form is delivered to an ambulatory care clinic using the HIE network, acting as a
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ONC, The Sequoia Project Continue RCE Efforts to Support Nationwide HIE

by Jasmine Pennic 05/27/2020 Leave a Comment

ONC Awards The Sequoia Project to Serve As Recognized Coordinating Entity to Support Interoperability

The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), today celebrated program achievements and ONC’s announcement of the availability of approximately $1.1M of funding to continue the public-private engagement for a second year.Progress to DateIn 2019, ONC chose non-profit The Sequoia Project, to be the RCE following a
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Nebraska Health Information Initiative Rolls Out Statewide COVID-19 Dashboard

by Jasmine Pennic 05/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Nebraska Health Information Initiative Rolls Out Statewide COVID-19 Data Collection and Reporting

What You Should Know: - NEHII, the statewide health information exchange for Nebraska, in conjunction with Intersystems, KPI Ninja, and Nextgate, has generated a COVID-19 dashboard to support statewide COVID-19 data collection and reporting. - COVID-19 dashboard provides real-time laboratory data and hospital bed management for accurate monitoring and case reporting. To help the state of Nebraska accurately track COVID-19 cases and test results, the Nebraska Health Information
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VA, DoD Launches Joint Health Information Exchange to Securely Exchange Records

by Jasmine Pennic 04/21/2020 Leave a Comment

1Vision and AMC Health Lands VA Contract to Provide Telehealth Solutions to Veterans

What You Should Know: - VA and DoD launch joint health information exchange (HIE), allowing bidirectional sharing of health records with community healthcare partners. - The benefits of the new joint HIE capability are currently available to all VA and DOD care providers and to all participating community partners. - The joint HIE capability honors patient consent so that health records of patients who opt out of sharing will not be exchanged through the HIE.  On April 18, the
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