Modern Healthcare October 28, 2019
As HHS gears up to finalize long-awaited rules on interoperability and information-blocking, much of the industry has focused on their likelihood to spur development of new patient-facing apps. But the rules will also open new opportunities for some long-standing interoperability players: health information exchanges.
HIEs have been key players in facilitating healthcare interoperability to date, with about 70% of hospitals participating in at least one nationwide network, according to a data brief released late last year by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. eHealth Exchange, a nationwide health information network that was incubated as a federal program under the ONC in 2006, is one of those groups.
“I think they’re giving HIEs a nice little nudge...
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