MO HealthNet receives funds to support electronic records programs By News Tribune staff Feb. 22 2020 A federal program is giving Missouri’s Medicaid program $9.3 million to support implementation of a program that is intended to help multiple health care providers share patient information.
MHD Announces Funding For Hospitals Connecting To HIEs Staff Contact: Brian Kinkade or Rich Kliethermes The MO HealthNet Division announced the availability of funding to underwrite a portion of the connection costs for certain hospitals to join a health information exchange. Qualifying hospitals are those that have received at least one electronic health record incentive payment and are not actively engaged with […]
Study: HIE Reduces Unplanned Hospital Readmissions, ED Visits in Western NY February 17th, 2020 By: Rajiv Leventhal Practices that effectively utilize and integrate health information exchange (HIE) data into their daily workflow were able to reduce the rate of unplanned hospital readmissions and the rate of emergency department (ED) visits, according to new research. Click […]
MHC Announces Go-Live with the DoD Missouri Health Connection and the Department of Defense go-live effective February 14, 2020. Columbia, MO — February 14, 2020 — Missouri Health Connection (MHC), the Midwest health information exchange (HIE), proudly announces that its connection to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) went live today. MHC Participants and the […]
20 hospital and health system chief digital officers to know | 2020 Debe Gash, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Saint Luke’s Health System (Kansas City, Mo.) and MHC board member, was selected to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 20 hospital and health system chief digital officers to know | 2020. This recognition is for […]
HIEs Increasingly Connecting With Community, Social Service Organizations, Survey Finds SHIEC’s first annual survey of HIEs reveals progress is being made Click here to read full article by Rajiv Leventhal via HCInnovationGroup.com
New HIE Survey Results Show Significant Interoperable Health Data and Robust Link Between Community HIEs and Community and Social Service Organizations Article by Dennis Daily via mobilehealthtimes.com David Kendrick, MD, SHIEC Board Member presented survey data from first national HIE survey at the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020 Community health […]
Opt-In Health Information Exchange Drive Administrative Burden January 20, 2020 States with opt-in policies were 7.8 percent more likely to experience regulatory health information exchange barriers Click here to read article by Christopher Jason via EHR Intelligence
What the House’s decision to lift the ban on funding NPI means by: Jerris Heaton The House of Representatives recently voted to lift a ban prohibiting funding for a national patient identifier system (NPI) designed to improve patient matching. So, what does that mean moving forward? Let’s dive into the implications of the House’s vote. […]
3 Ways Interoperability Can Improve Patient Care by: Andrew Steger From reducing medical errors to enhancing the patient experience, interoperability offers many benefits. Click here to read the full article by Andrew Steger via HealthTechMagazine.net
