Health information exchange is about more than just connecting providers for the electronic transfer of records. Direct financial benefits can also result from this exchange. Accountable care organizations (ACOs), which incentivize competing providers to link together and exchange data in order to lower costs and share savings, are becoming a true market driver for private and public HIE development.
Healthcare providers facing a claims audit by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are a step closer to submitting their documents electronically. The first live [...]
The online version of the May practice brief “HIE Management and Operational Considerations” includes two new appendixes. Appendix A provides a glossary of terms commonly used [...]
Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has named Farzad Mostashari the new national coordinator for health information technology, effective April 8, 2011.
Using the Direct Project service will be about as simple as registering for an e-mail account, say project officials. The basic HIE service is expected to roll out widely next year.
The Office of the National Coordinator has requested public comment on a December 2010 report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The [...]
The Office of the National Coordinator will begin pilot testing NHIN Direct health information exchange standards in late December or early January. Once draft specifications are [...]
The September practice brief “Understanding the HIE Landscape” includes three Web-only appendixes that provide more information on the current state of health information exchange. Appendix A lists [...]
