Healthcare IT Today November 15, 2019
After years of evolving and struggling to find a solid business model, HIEs have finally found a reasonably secure place in the healthcare system. The thing is, the job they’ve learned to do – serving as an exchange point for any and all data coming their way – may already be outmoded, according to Claudia Williams, CEO of California-based HIE Manifest MedEx.
In an article for Stat News, Williams argues that the problems involved in exchanging data efficiently have largely been solved, in part by the emergence of new API standards. Now, she says, HIEs need to step up and take on an active role in making sense of this data. She contends that HIEs need to offer new capabilities,...