Understanding end users' perspectives towards health information exchange (HIE) technology is crucial to the long-term success of HIE, according to researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., who developed an in-depth understanding of HIE usage by applying qualitative methods.
Are state level health information exchanges already obsolete before sprinting out of the gates? Chris Dimick, writer at AHIMA, poses the question in an article published in
Journal of the American Health Information Management Association.
The Markle Foundation has published an addendum to its 2006 Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Private and Secure Health Information Exchange (Markle Common Framework), updating a range of issues with information gleaned from the rapid changes made on the health IT front over the past few years.
Claudia Williams, MS, director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) state health information exchange (HIE) program, offered a review of the ONC’s progress on HIE and its primary goals for 2012 during the National eHealth Collaborative's webinar on “ONC’s National HIE Strategy.”
The arduous, but essential, task of sharing images via CD or DVD can be streamlined by employing smart strategies.
Sharing clinical data electronically is a critical challenge for fixing the healthcare system, according to a viewpoint report published this week in the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
Widespread hospital support for health information exchange (HIE) and initial deployment only in emergency department (ED) settings can lower overall societal costs and reduce hospital admissions, according to a study published in the May edition of the
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
Having access to patients' laboratory test results influences the decision-making process regarding the ordering of further tests, which supports the predictions of financial savings made in the health information exchange (HIE) cost-benefit models, according to an article published in the March 26 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Creating and maintaining a successful and sustainable health information exchange (HIE) initiative is difficult but not impossible, according to an April report from the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC).
Quality improvement and patient-centered care—two concepts essential to the health reform effort—will require health IT. Current and future physicians must master the minimal competencies required to use health IT if the healthcare system is to reach its quality and cost containment goals, according to an article in the March edition of
Health Affairs.
In 2012 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will advance the growth and spread of health information exchange (HIE) by specifying the next layer of core standards and policies, according to the agency itself in an article published in the March edition of
Health Affairs.
By leaving out ineligible providers in reform efforts, the nation risks building a new digital divide where key providers, who already have low levels of electronic clinical data, may fall further behind, according to an article published in the March edition of
Health Affairs.
The Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech) in Fort Wayne will begin offering an online associate’s program in health IT in July.
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, told one of his predecessors, David J. Brailer, MD, that health IT is “on the move” and quantitative outcomes are on the way in the U.S. in an interview published in the March issue of
Health Affairs.
The data-rich clinical informatics programs necessary for outcomes-based reimbursement reform have been made possible by massive federal investments in health IT and while healthcare organizations have made progress, numerous challenges remain and there is room for improvement, according to research conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Although well-intentioned and in response to pressure from healthcare providers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to delay the implementation deadline could have negative consequences according to a survey of healthcare professionals involved in their organization’s ICD-10 initiatives.
The National Cancer Institute is partnering with Health Level Seven, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based nonprofit standards developer, to package clinical trial data using HL7 Clinical Data Architecture (CDA), allowing the information to be made available in patient EHRs
Seventy-three percent of respondents to National eHealth Collaborative’s 2012 Stakeholder Survey stated that better care coordination is one of the most important benefits of health information exchange (HIE).
EHR adoption rates may be growing among healthcare providers, but many don’t yet have plans to achieve the functionalities required by Stage 1 of meaningful use, according to a survey conducted by IVANS.
LAS VEGAS—Despite proclamations that 2012 marks the end of the world, William Morgan, MBA, senior regional information management executive for Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, Texas, said that while there are numerous challenges to health IT, there also are solutions. Morgan spoke during the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference on Feb. 22.
