Health Info Exchange

Stories here include reports from the emerging exchanges across the country that are enabling data sharing among hospitals, group practices, labs, imaging facilities, pharmacies and payers. Topics include HIE governance and related standards, such as HL7.

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Proposed 2014 HHS Budget Kind to Health I.T. Initiatives

Joseph Goedert | Apr 10

Federal spending levels for health information technology initiatives generally get a boost in the Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2014.

EHR

Decision Support

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

New Guidance to Aid Cybersecurity Preparedness

Joseph Goedert | Apr 10

HITRUST, a health industry stakeholder consortium, has issued guidance on how best to use its Common Security Framework of best practices to assess an organization’s cybersecurity preparedness.

Data Security

EHR

Data Repositories

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Web Technology

Feds Have $54 Million Available to Hire HIX ‘Navigators’

Joseph Goedert | Apr 10

The federal government is making available up to $54 million in grant funds to support the hiring of “Navigators” within state health insurance exchanges to aid consumers as they compare and select a health insurance benefits package.

Payers

Group Practices

Hospitals

Policy & Regulation

Consumer Health

Guess What? Health Care Data is More Secure in the Cloud

David Linthicum | Apr 10

Public cloud-based platforms are not good locations for health care data, correct? While that may sound right, turns out it’s wrong.

Data Security

Web Technology

Systems Integration

HHS Watchdog: Fix Federal Site to Help Consumers Find Insurance

Joseph Goedert | Apr 09

While the federal government prepares to build and operate statewide health insurance exchanges in about half of the states, it also needs to make significant fixes to a Web portal already in operation to help consumers compare health insurance options.

Consumer Health

Payers

Group Practices

Hospitals

Policy & Regulation