Healthcare Finance News April 17, 2023
HDUs enable specific, defined use cases, with extra protections to ensure patient privacy and protection.
CHICAGO – Federal and state governments have made a number of investments in health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability infrastructure, exemplified by the ONC State HIE Cooperative Agreement and Medicaid HITECH 90/10 Federal Financial Participation. But many states have kept developing and remodeling their data governance and exchange services.
The goal is to support broader community needs, which is where the emerging Health Data Utility (HDU) model comes in. HDUs utilize existing technical and relationship infrastructures across states to bring together personally identifiable health data, as well as population and public health data.
Strengthening interoperability, as usual, is the desired endgame.
The future of HDUs...