Rural Texas Hospitals, HIE Join Forces to Improve Care Collaboration
HealthLeaders Media October 1, 2024
More than 45 hospitals and another 50 clinics in the Lone Star State will share data and best practices through an HIE platform, giving them important tools to improve care and participate in a new quality payment program.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Hundreds of rural hospitals across the country are struggling to stay open, many because they don’t have the resources they need to improve care and reduce expenses.
– A Texas network of rural hospitals and clinics is partnering with a non-profit HIE to create a technology platform that will help hospitals and clinics share data and qualify for a Medicaid quality payment program launching this year.
– The network hopes to use this platform to improve care management and...