Health Information Exchange (HIE) is happening every minute of every day. Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
CloudMedx Inc. and Sutter Physician Services Create Clinical Collaboration
CloudMedx Inc. (@CloudMedicx) and Sutter Physician Services (SPS) announce a new collaboration to jointly market their products and services to help healthcare organizations capitalize on real-time sharing of health data to support patient care.
McKesson Health Solutions Introduces the Intelligence Hub
McKesson Health Solutions (MHS) (@McKesson) unveiled the McKesson Intelligence Hub™, a new technology platform for enabling interoperability and sharing business intelligence among healthcare applications. The result of a multi-year development program, the Intelligence Hub is designed to connect MHS’s portfolio of automated reimbursement solutions and help streamline payment by making interoperability easy for customers, partners, and vendors across the healthcare ecosystem.
Healthix Engages Verato, Inc. to Enhance Patient Matching and Linking within their HIE Platform
Healthix (@healthix), the largest public health information exchange (HIE) in the nation, announced that it has engaged Verato, Inc. (@Verato_Software), a leading provider of cloud-based patient matching solutions, to enhance their patient matching application. Healthix matches patient records from many sources for more than 16 million patients and delivers health information to hundreds of participating organizations that span nearly 1,400 facilities across New York City and Long Island. With the patient’s consent, Healthix enables clinicians to view their patient’s composite record, receive notifications when an important event happens and support population health management.
AirStrip ONE® Web Client Receives U.S. Regulatory Clearance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued 510(K) Class II clearance to a web client for the AirStrip ONE® (@AirStripmHealth) mobile interoperability platform and application that can be run on desktops and laptops using Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. AirStrip® also recently received a U.S. patent for new functionality: ECG waveform ‘visual calipers’ within AirStrip ONE that allow clinicians to make measurements on digital waveforms, combine measurements, create waveform snippets and append documentation.
Lenovo Health Partners with LifeMed ID to Offer One Patient, One Record Solution
Lenovo Health (@lenovo), a progressive leader in health IT, announces its partnership with LifeMed ID, Inc. (@LifemedID)to bring a solution to the industry that addresses duplicate records, medical identity theft, and payment fraud. Together, Lenovo Health and LifeMed ID have built a services offering, which includes the Authoritative Identity Management Exchange™ (AIMe) solution, to allow a patient to have a single identity across the continuum of care, driving greater quality of the care that one receives.
Department of Defense Approves Health Information Exchange Between Fort Drum MEDDAC and Community Providers
The Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization (@FDRHPO), in collaboration with Syracuse-based HealtheConnections and Fort Drum’s Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC) (@FortDrumMEDDAC), is pleased to announce Department of Defense approval of a unique electronic health information exchange partnership between Fort Drum and the surrounding community.
Keystone Health Information Exchange Develops Technology for Real-Time Delivery of Patient Information
The Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE®), a network of more than 400 healthcare facilities in 53 counties of Pennsylvania, recently launched intelligent “push” technology to deliver – in real time – critical information to its participating doctors and health care providers to help ensure smoother care transitions for their patients.
The Thread Group and EEBus Create Liaison Agreement to Accelerate Adoption of Interoperable Solutions in Connected Home
The Thread Group (@TheThreadGroup) and EEBus Initiative e.V. announced that the two alliances will collaborate in their efforts to build interoperable solutions for the smart home. As a result of this alliance, the organizations expect their members will benefit from access to key shared resources, including technical specifications and best practices, to help streamline product development.