Regional Interoperability News Today

Legislative proposals to protect reproductive health data in Maryland could set a precedent in the United States, says Nichole Sweeney,general counsel and chief privacy officer at CRISP, the state-designated health information exchange of Maryland, and CRISP Shared Services, a nonprofit infrastructure organization supporting six HIEs across the U.S. In a Q&A with Healthcare IT News, Sweeney also explains why electronic health record vendors can better partner with healthcare organizations t...

Larger companies are taking an "all or nothing" approach in light of proposed legislation, one HIE leader says, but electronic health record developers can look to modernized data lakes for inspiration and place guardrails around PHI.

The aspirational model is intended to serve as a starting point and a path forward for healthcare, health data and government leaders to follow in creating HDUs, says the consortium of health data organizations.

Network Testing Is Next Step To Onboard as QHIN under TEFCA To Deliver Interoperability in Support of Patient HealthVI...

The collaboration will see five of the biggest health data exchanges in the U.S. working with the planned Qualified Health Information Network on the interoperability framework.

John Kansky, president and CEO of Indiana Health Information Exchange, discusses how statewide and regional exchanges have evolved during the pandemic, and predicts where they're headed next.

As Medicaid programs determine what's next for health IT investments, state and regional HIEs, increasingly serving as "health data utilities," are natural partners to build on current programs with Medicaid Enterprise System funding.

New HIE consortium to develop data-sharing solutions, initiatives amid pandemic Six health information exchange organizations have come together to establish a new consortium. The group aims to share technology infrastructure, create new solutions and advocate for federal support to drive data sharing amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Shares1 The push toward interoperability is not new. But amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the need for secure and efficient data sharing has become more urgent than ever. T...