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Connecticut’s health information exchange is in the process of implementing a network-of-networks concept, which bridges smaller practices with larger health systems to enhance patient data exchange.
After a decade-plus of attempting to launch a state-wide HIE, the state of Connecticut has tapped CTHealthLink as its first client.
Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) is permitted for treatment purposes. Electronic health information exchange – a method of data transmission allowing healthcare professionals and patients to access and secure PHI electronically –
with Connections to Atrium Health CareConnect and Greater New Orleans Health Information Exchange
This piece is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both?” which explores whether it’s possible to advance interoperability while maintaining privacy.
The Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN) and its subsidiary KAMMCO Health Solutions (KHS) announced today they have completed a secure electronic connection allowing the seamless...
Leaders at the Kansas Health Information Network believe that HIEs’ historical methods to create value for their members will soon be outdated.
CORHIO, IHIE, and CliniSync are ready to take on the challenges of participating in the new ONC health data exchange framework.
Recent research points to how community health information exchanges (HIEs) help reduce the cost of care, improve patient safety and decrease utilization and duplication. However, one potential benefit...
Simplified workflow is among the many benefits organizations are coming to expect.
State participates in the largest investment of private funds to assist physicians with sharing health information across medical practices
The Physicians Foundation, in association with six state medical societies, today announced the formation of the first of its kind interoperability fund...
Unguarded and lacking a common playbook for security, the internet of things presents plenty of new network challenges.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued for public comment draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) that will
A quick look back at the competing specs for clinical coding and data exchange gives a glimpse of the some of the challenges still ongoing today.
Four experts offer healthcare CIOs and other executives and health IT workers crucial advice for successfully getting electronic health records up and running.
The National Coordinator talks 21st Century Cures, information blocking, Apple, consumerism, FHIR, open APIs and new business models he sees emerging amid the "overarching theme of human choice and freedom and dignity."
Four experts in healthcare cloud computing offer CIOs and other health IT workers who are starting – or maintaining – cloud migrations some well-rounded advice.
Four experts in analytics offer key suggestions for starting with the technology at a provider organization. Current analytics users also can learn from these tips.
Study Shows Hospitals Can Cut Length of Stay When They Adopt Technology That Provides Patient Data
From entertainment to early warnings, smartphones, tablets and mobile computers improve communication and care at healthcare organizations.
Info-blocking ruled the day, while APIs, FHIR, artificial intelligence and virtual reality were also prominent themes at this year’s Global Conference.
Pew’s director of HIT Ben Moscovitch says consumers prefer biometrics, notably fingerprinting, facial recognition and iris scans, for a unique identifier.
Healthcare organizations are increasingly using Direct secure messaging for use cases beyond transitions of care, including release of information, communication with payers and communicating with registries.
In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Rucker graded the nation’s interoperability at, well, less than average.
In specialty forums in Orlando, Healthcare IT News and its sister brands will be co-hosting in-depth sessions on today’s hottest health IT trends and topics.
In addition to EHRs and HIEs, faxes and paper are still common ways to share medical data.
In recent months, the healthcare industry has been the number one target of cyberattacks, exposing tens of millions of customers’ identities around the world, costing more than $1 billion USD in losses.
For many healthcare practices, having an online portal provides an easy way for patients to access their health information and receive online...
Building upon its commitment to quality and patient safety, KAMMCO released a new Opioid/Controlled Substances dashboard for physicians, hospitals...
In addition to increasing economic costs through redundant data entry, this lack of true interoperability increases...
Early adopters understand the triumphs and trials of health IT implementation, and are willing to take a calculated risk.
New data from CMS shows 93 percent of MIPS eligible clinicians earned positive payment adjustments for their 2017 performance.
Saint Luke’s Health System will now have the ability to engage in health information exchange through KHIN.
Year 3 of the Quality Payment Program requires MIPS eligible clinicians to use 2015 CEHRT in the 2019 performance period.
Seven physician-led health information exchanges now contribute patient EHRs to the Military Health System with help from eHealth Exchange.
On August 30, the Military Health System (MHS) added critical medical information from seven physician-led health...
Open enrollment, which begins November 1, will not be negatively impacted, CMS says.
While the two federal agencies have worked together on vulnerability disclosures in the past, a new memorandum of agreement will improve coordination.
Technology was critical but so, too, were the personal and patient-centric stories shared on Twitter.
Recent storms, including Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Irma in Puerto Rico and Florence in North Carolina, have helped HIEs refine their approach.
Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) and CTHealthLink are pleased to announce a collaboration with the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) to...
Seven state medical societies announced the creation of the Health Equity Network for Change (HENC) which is focused...
While CMS Administrator Seema Verma called for the end of fax machine use by 2020, new Check Point research found a hacker could steal data from a flaw in the fax protocol.
Rochester RHIO contributed EHR patient data to a CDC-sponsored project analyzing the effect of HPV vaccinations.
Federal health officials announced their goal this week to eliminate fax machines from physician offices by 2020.
Thank you for the difference you make in your patients’ lives. Many of our nation’s best and brightest students go into medicine...
The purpose of quality measurement is to evaluate the care quality delivered to the patient.
What is the return on investment (ROI) for participating in a health information exchange(HIE)?
Physicians need easy access to patient information in order to give comprehensive care. As a subspecialist
in Pulmonary Medicine, I can interview a new patient...
A chief medical information officer suggests that giving people easier access to their medical information is one way to improve the patient experience.
The push for nationwide interoperability and improved health data exchange have increased HIE use, which can create advantages and difficulties for providers.
New research found that community HIEs produce better results when it comes to reducing both costs and the use of unnecessary services.
CTHealthLink, in association with the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS), is pleased to announce that the Connecticut State Medical Society- Independent Practice Association (CSMS-IPA)...
In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the organizations call for the agency to reduce the quality measure reporting period for MIPS...
Regional health information exchanges are not an endangered species. That was the message from a panel of HIE leaders at the 2018 State Healthcare IT...
Making sure providers have up-to-date and comparative information about drug prices and insurance coverage could help to rein in U.S. drug costs...
Physicians and clinicians participating in Connecticut’s health information network, CTHealthLink, have a trusted choice when reporting key components of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)...
Physician-led CTHealthLink partnered with DSS to improve health data exchange and care quality for Medicaid beneficiaries.
From Google to NIH, the message was clear at the annual health IT conference: Hospitals need to make cybersecurity a budget priority and tackle security as a team.
Leaders from the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) have been asked by Co-Chairs of the state’s General Assembly Public Health Committee to demonstrate the value realized by interoperability...
CTHealthLink, in partnership with the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS), is pleased to announce Soundview Medical Associates (SMA) has joined the physician-led, statewide interoperable health information exchange...
As health information exchange (HIE) organizations continue to evolve, HIE leaders are focused on expanding services and providing data analytics and business...
A new data-sharing agreement between Connecticut's Medicaid provider and a statewide health information network aims to help Medicare...
Connecticut state officials and CTHealthLink leaders have announced the signing of a data-sharing agreement to facilitate the exchange of health information between Connecticut Medicaid and Connecticut healthcare providers...
CTHealthLink, in partnership with the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS), is pleased to announce Starling Physicians has joined the newly formed, physician-led, statewide interoperable health information exchange (HIE).
Executives share groundbreaking research on the use of longitudinal patient information to improve quality reporting at HIMSS 2018
The HIMSS18 Conference and Exhibition is set to help healthcare professionals tackle serious challenges related to health data exchange and interoperability
Connecticut’s HIE will supply patient EHR data to help identify at-risk patients as part of a three-year suicide prevention initiative.
CTHealthLink was created in the fall of 2017, based on the successful system used in Kansas, according to Dr. Claudia Gruss of Wilton, president-elect of the Connecticut medical society and chairwoman of its Quality of Care Committee.
The revenue cycle is changing as hospitals look to adapt financial services, tech-wise, and here are some sessions happening at HIMSS18 to learn best practices.
CTHealthLink, the statewide health information exchange (HIE) led by the Connecticut State Medical Society, is pleased to announce that a team of investigators led by CTHealthLink Advisory Committee member...
Until recently, most doctors created their own workflows and utilized only the technology they were comfortable using.
The cloud-based electronic health record vendor will be showing new features and functionalities that CEO Girish Navani says make the software smarter so it helps doctors.
Penn Medicine’s David Asch, MD, believes there are good examples in the retail market that can be applied to healthcare.
Let's take a step back from the minute-by-minute onslaught and take stock more broadly of the big, overarching trends that will animate this year in health policy.
The healthcare IT systems used to collect, store and share confidential patient information are under constant attack.
HIMSS Analytics survey indicates focus on Infrastructure, funding and human capital.
The NCQA eMeasure certification program is designed for companies that develop quality-measure reporting software that calculates quality measures using electronic clinical data.
Marin General has seen a 50 percent reduction in system vulnerabilities and 100 percent participation in staff security awareness efforts -- just by building a system designed for the humans who use it.
The program will distribute Fitbit devices to a representative sample of All of Us participants for a one-year study to determine its use on a larger scale in the program.
New AMA report finds the weight of technology and administrative burdens is creeping into time physicians need for patient care.
The goal of the organization is to improve care for individual Medicare Fee-for-Service patients and the community while keeping health costs in mind.
From October 2 through October 6, stakeholders — including Congress, the Administration, nonprofits and providers — reflect on the value of health IT and raise awareness of its significance.
CSMS signed onto a MACRA recommendation letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce from the American Medical Association.
An analysis of Medicare spending shows notable savings in areas of the country that have an operational health information exchange (HIE).
Strategic objective, strict vendor scrutiny and board involvement, just a few cybersecurity crucial points according to experts
CTHealthLink, the new statewide health information exchange (HIE) developed in partnership by the Connecticut State Medical Society and KaMMCO Health Solutions, offers Connecticut clinicians a powerful new analytics tool to help improve the quality of patient care.
Patients engaged in medical care may lead to improved health, better experience with physician or facility
Host Anthony Alessi, MD talks about CTHealthLink with CSMS President Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Healthcare quality improvements working, patients perception of care improving too
(North Haven, CT) – CTHealthLink, Connecticut’s first state-wide health information exchange (HIE), uses...
The statewide HIE called “CTHealthLink” www.cthealthlink.com provides a common-sense solution in Connecticut.
In an age when many patients receive medical care from multiple providers, it can be difficult for clinicians to safely and easily share relevant patient information...
Connecticut, a state that has struggled to create a statewide health information exchange, may soon have two.
Digital patient engagement tools helps engage, educate and empower patients, family members
Connecticut state officials are developing a health information exchange, which may compete with a project the Connecticut State Medical Society launched in June, according to CT News Junkie.
In support of its mission to improve the quality of care and safeguard the health of patients...
Connecticut has tried and failed several times over the past decade to build a statewide network that would enable more seamless sharing of patients...
The Connecticut State Medical Society's CTHealthLink, a statewide health information exchange, is live.
Estimated nearly two-thirds eligible Medicare clinicians will be exempt from MIPS in 2018
Healthcare is on the cusp of faster innovation cycles which will improve care delivery.
Healthcare providers can reduce wasteful spending by following common clinical based guidelines
Information technology showing great promise in reducing disparities in underserved populations.
Technology has created a new era of care transition, empowering the post-acute sector.
The potential of big data is starting to become a reality at some of the leading health systems in the country.