Category: HIE

Toward the end of the opening population health management panel at the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Boston, Terry Carroll, Ph.D., chief innovation officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, had some biting words of wisdom for the conference attendees. Toward the end of the opening population health management panel at the iHT2 Health IT Summit in Boston, Terry…

The streetlights in Buenos Aires are considerably dimmer than they are in New York, one of the many things I learned during my family’s six-month stay in Argentina. The front windshield of the rental car, aged and covered in the city’s grime, further obscured what little light came through. When we stopped at the first…

Patients whose own red blood cells are recycled and given back to them during heart surgery have healthier blood cells better able to carry oxygen where it is most needed compared to those who get transfusions of blood stored in a blood bank, according to results of a small study at Johns Hopkins. …read more    

In Massachusetts, former CMS chief Dr. Don Berwick’s campaign for governor calls for single-payer care, and Democratic candidates in Maryland’s race for governor clash over the insurance exchange. …read more    

Teaching people with diabetes how to control their blood glucose levels helps them achieve better results, finds a new study in Ethnicity and Disease. Surprisingly, providing intensive training to physicians of diabetes patients did not help patients achieve blood glucose control. …read more    

Recently, the New York State Legislature voted to support New York’s HIE system by including $55 million in state funding for the network. The New York eHealth Collaborative’s executive director, Dave Whitlinger, explains the significance of that funding for New Yorkers. Recently, the New York State Legislature voted to support New York’s HIE system—the statewide…

A new vulnerability–dubbed Operation Clandestine Fox–looms as a threat for all healthcare CIOs using Internet Explorer, according to attorney Kathie McDonald-McClure of law firm Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP. read more …read more    

Dev Culver, executive director of Maine’s statewide HIE, HealthInfoNet, is helping to lead his organization into uncharted territory, with a first-ever statewide, clinical data-facilitated patient event notification system There are few leaders in the health information exchange (HIE) space in healthcare IT whose work is more advanced than that of Devore (Dev) Culver, the executive…

In 2013, more than six in 10 hospitals electronically exchanged health information with providers outside of their system according to results of the 2013 American Hospital Association (AHA) annual health IT survey. In 2013, more than six in 10 hospitals (62 percent) electronically exchanged health information with providers outside of their system according to results…

First Name: Kelly Last Name: Tinnes Organization: Blue Cross Blue Shield TX Work Email: kelly_tinnes@bcbsil.com Pledge Type: Data Holder …read more