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New Analytics Models Help to Support State HIEs

  ACOs have received a lot of attention as the new model to improve quality and tie payment to healthy outcomes. States have been exploring the model to varying degrees and looking at what is required [+]

With health care in America, comes health care insurance. Core Components of a Health Insurance Exchange

Health care insurance is a core component of care in the US. We have heard a lot about health information exchanges, but we have heard very little about the health insurance exchanges. Dan [+]

Public Hearing for Health Information Exchange Service Provider Certification

Ability Network (formerly VisionShare) has filed an Application for Certificate of Authority to Operate as a Health Data Intermediary (HDI) in Minnesota, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes section 62J.4981. A Public Hearing will be held on [+]

Looking in the direction of Care Coordination

HealthTechnica's Newest Staff Blogger:  Kate Riley We keep hearing the words. The politicians are talking about it. The Doctors are talking about it. “Care Coordination.” We all understand it means that some kind of change [+]

The Role of the Direct Project in Fast-Tracking Health IT Interoperability

By Rich Elmore and Arien Malec A patient’s health records are no longer confined to a doctor’s office, shelved inside a dusty file cabinet. With the advent of the Nationwide Health Information Network, a framework of [+]

Healthcare Information Exchange: The Expert Series

Paul Contino, former Vice President, Information Technology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses market directions for health information exchange in this Smart Card Alliance Expert Series interview. Mr. Contino looks at expected [+]

Lab Results via Vermont Health Information Exchange

Health Information Exchange is one of the hot buttons for the health reform act.  Several states are just trying out new systems this year.  We will have to wait and see how these desperate systems [+]

Direct Project Implementations Take Flight

Direct Project Implementations Take Flight By Rich Elmore and Paul Tuten The Direct Project has taken off, with the first-in-the-nation production use of the Direct Project for secure direct clinical messaging. Arien Malec, ONC’s Direct Project Coordinator, announced [+]

The Values, And Pitfalls, of Health Information Exchanges

A Health information exchange (HIE) is defined as the transmission of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a community. HIE is an integral part of the health information technology (HIT) and [+]

Verizon’s Gerard Grundler on Verizon’s Health Information Exchange as a Service Solution

Gerard Grundler, Managing Principal, Healthcare IT Services, Verizon Business, discusses the company's health information exchange (HIE) as a service solution and the role of Oracle technology in the initiative. [+]

AMCP on Health Information Technology

In a very basic introduction to HIT, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) explains health information technology (HIT) and what the organization is doing to progress the HIT agenda. [+]

A Functional Demo of HIE for Physicians & Communities in Colorado

This video is a short introduction to Health Information Exchange (HIE) and demonstration of the community health record. The demo features a fictitious scenario involving a 77 year-old female patient who is switching [+]

The Importance Of Reporting In Your EMR

An EMR or electronic medical record is a computerized record created in hospitals and other medical institutions. This system allows storage of data in a format that can be easily retrieved and [+]