Tag Archive for ‘Meaningful Use’

Questions from MMIS: Next Steps for HIEs

Marty reacts to the recent Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) Conference with a host of questions that are still awaiting answers.

Five More Tips to Support Meaningful Use via EMPI and SaaS

Penny Schyler expands on tips she recently read about meeting meaningful use with five tips of her own, all supported by combining enterprise master person indexes (EMPIs) for patients and providers with a Software as a Service (SaaS) based intelligent information sharing platform.

Two States, Two Approaches to HIE

Chad examines two very different approaches to building a statewide health information exchange. New Jersey and New Mexico face the same challenge but are employing different tactics to foster data exchange success.

“A Thousand Flowers Blooming”: Springtime for HIEs

The recent federal announcement of $547 million in grants released to facilitate health information exchanges (HIEs) at the state level is like spring hitting the data exchange landscape. How can state designated entities and HIEs make the most of the grant money? Lorraine Fernandes explains.

Notes from The National Forum on HIE – It’s About the Patient!

Lorraine Fernandes recently attended the National Forum on Health Information Exchange. She recaps some of the key discussions and reminders.

Architecting Trust into your Statewide HIE

States are now deep into the requirements gathering and planning phase of architecting plans to enable healthcare data sharing around each state. Chad Cosper reviews potential solutions in the quest to trust the data found in your statewide HIE.

Health Data Sharing Priorities & Plans Around the Globe

With increasing amounts of government funding for data sharing, many healthcare leaders are rightfully looking to other nations who have successfully traversed the HIE and data sharing path. But each nation’s priorities and plans vary widely. Lorraine Fernandes travels the globe with some of the lessons learned from other nations.

The Three Biggest Hurdles to Architecting a Successful State-Wide HIE

As states receive grants from the Office of the National Coordinator to plan and build state-wide health information exchanges (HIEs), they face several very real challenges. While designing and implementing an HIE that meets the needs of multiple participants and stakeholders, states face three major hurdles. Chad Cosper outlines these hurdles.

How Effective Can HITECH ARRA Incentives Be?

Recent press has discussed two opposite – and very interesting – approaches to HITECH ARRA incentives. To achieve widespread adoption of health information technology, leaders must push the issue of resources and reform from both sides. Penny Schyler explains and offers an example.

Better Health Interview with Lorraine Fernandes at HIMSS10

At HIMSS10 in Atlanta, Initiate’s Lorraine Fernandes sat down with Better Health to discuss a wide range of issues, including EMRs, meaningful use, linking patient data and more.