CT Mirror May 3, 2021
Jenna Carlesso

The system will allow providers to get fuller patient medical histories, among other services

Laurie Grady, a registered nurse, talks to a patient on the phone at Bristol Hospital. Until recently, Connecticut was one of the few states that didn’t have a statewide health information exchange.

After 14 years of false starts and scrapped plans, officials said Monday they have launched Connecticut’s statewide health information exchange, a single repository of medical data that can be accessed by any provider tied to a patient’s care.

Forty-four providers have already signed on to the system, known as “Connie,” including Hartford HealthCare, Yale New Haven Health and the Pro Health Physicians network.

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