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Denmark Selects InterSystems HealthShare for Countrywide Health Information Exchange
The Danish NSI (Nationalt Sundheds-IT), an agency operating under the Ministry of Health, is beginning development of a new service to link healthcare information systems used within Danish regions on a national level. The new HealthShare-based initiative enables the sharing of patient information between healthcare providers and government agencies countrywide. Read more >

State of Illinois Selects InterSystems HealthShare For Statewide Electronic Health Records
The statewide HIE network will provide seamless clinical information flow to more than 50,000 healthcare providers, payers and state agencies. It is expected to serve a patient population of 13 million individuals, according to Laura Zaremba, Director of the Illinois Office of Health Information Technology. Read more >

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Banner Health, Aetna to achieve ACO goal with HIE technology
Banner Health Network, based in Phoenix, Ariz., and Aetna are partnering to particpate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization initiative. In order to achieve the ACO goals, they will be deploying health information exchange technology delivered by Medicity.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: InformationWeek
Date: May 18, 2012
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SpecTech V conference: GA Tech working on personal HIE
One of the projects highlighted by Georgia Tech's research team at the Fifth Spectrum of Technology Conference in Rome, GA, is the development of a personal health information exchange that enables patients to access their own health information.Read more
Channel: Business Case
Source: Rome News-Tribune
Date: May 18, 2012
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Slow-moving Cal eConnect not getting Calif. statewide HIE off the ground
Cal eConnect, the organization formed to establish California's statewide HIE, has been plagued by many things that has hindered progress. The organization recommended that another agency take the reins from here on out.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: PennLive.com
Date: May 18, 2012
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OnePartner HIE adds eight physician groups
OnePartner Health Information Exchange, a regional HIE serving Tennesee and other nearby states, have added eight physician groups to their list of participants.Read more
Channel: Privacy and Security
Source: Kingsport Times News
Date: May 18, 2012
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New HL7 program seeks to spur EHR participation
Health Level Seven International (HL7) announced Wednesday the inception of its pilot membership program, and launched a website aimed at increasing caregivers’ participation in the development of electronic health record (EHR) standards.Read more
Channel: Business Case
Source: Healthcare IT News
Date: May 17, 2012
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CORHIO, CTN help Colorado rural providers with health IT
The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, the statewide health information exchange, and the Colorado Telehealth Network are helping Colorado's rural providers with EHR and telemedicine adoption.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: SearchHealthIT
Date: May 17, 2012
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Massachusetts State HIE Advisory Committee's tech workgroup addresses security of metadata
Massachusett's statewide HIE uses a secure hashing algorithm to keep it metadata secure and auditable.Read more
Channel: Federal Initiatives
Source: MedCity News
Date: May 17, 2012
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State of Michigan signs agreement with Michigan Health Connect
The State of Michigan has signed an agreement with Michigan Health Connect, a health information exchange based in Grand Rapids, that will enable physicians and hospitals to send immunization records for children and adults to the state's online immunization registry.Read more
Channel: Privacy and Security
Source: Crain's Detroit Business
Date: May 17, 2012
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Improper health IT implementations can be remedied
Improper health IT implementations can be remedied if healthcare organizations "address the mechanisms behind poor health IT.Read more
Channel: Architecture
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
Date: May 17, 2012
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HIEs need to integrate workflow into services
Researchers who studied HIE usage and published their findings in the May edition of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that workflow is key to the successful adoption of health information exchange among healthcare providers.Read more
Channel: Privacy and Security
Source: Health Imaging
Date: May 16, 2012
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