Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at 16:40
In this video, Allen Scales, the President and CEO of Central Alabama Health Image Exchange (CAHIE), talks about how they use MEDecision’s healthcare image and information exchange solution to share images across seven hospitals in Alabama. This video was recorded at HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.
Using the exchange helps to avoid duplicate testing and faster collaboration across institutions for image-intensive cases such as trauma, cancer, pediatrics and neurology.
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at 16:24
could not find a website for The Central Alabama Health Image Exchange (CAHIE). It has been coming up in the search engines lately, most likely because MedDecision is doing a lot of press releases on them. CAHIE uses MedDecision software to support it exchange of information and images.
The Central Alabama Health Image Exchange (CAHIE) is a federated, XDS-based exchange for DICOM medical images and clinical information across seven hospitals in Alabama including:
•Children’s of Alabama,
•Baptist Medical Center East,
•Baptist Medical Center South,
•Cullman Regional Medical Center,
•Medical Center West,
•Prattville Baptist, and
•UAB Hospital
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 13:28
This is a live demonstration of how the South Carolina Health Information Exchange (SCHIEx) can work for a patient when they are traveling. In this example to Austria.
The demo, presented by Port City Live, WLCN TV 18, Charleston, SC, features Charles Williams Jr. of Electronic Health Network and discusses how medical information was sent securely from the Charleston, South Carolina Electronic Health Network to Vienna, Austria.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 08:19
This video explains the membership model of the South Metro Health Alliance has formed its own Health Information Exchange.
The South Metro Health Alliance (Arapahoe and Douglas Counties in Colorado) has four types of memberships in it Health Information Exchange.
Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
Clinical Service Providers (CSPs)
Partners
Health and Wellness – Education Members
At the center of their model is the patient population.
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 12:04
Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council established ChathamHealthLink, Georgia's first Health Information Exchange.
The Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council, Inc (CCSNPC) was formed in 2004 by the Chatham County Commission and since then, has been lead by the Chatham County Health Department as the neutral convener. The council is composed of representatives from both hospital systems, ...
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 11:44
On Tuesday, March 20, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) convened an all-day Consumer Innovation Challenge meeting in Chicago in order to launch the Consumer Innovation Challenge to State Health Information Exchange grant recipients. building on the momentum of the ONC Pledge Program, to increase consumers’ access to their health information. Participating HIE states are being asked to make tangible progress over the next six months to provide electronic health information to consumers and the providers that care for them.
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Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 15:59
Members of the Kansas Health Information Exchange (KHIE) Sustainability Committee decided on a new approach to ensure the sustainability of KHIE. The committee recommended that future operations of Kansas Health Information Exchange Inc. should be funded by fees assessed on member networks instead of on charges levied on individual medical providers.
Information exchanges across the country are facing the same issue – FUNDING. It will be interesting to follow KHIE’s progress and I hope this proves to be a viable business model. There are very few HIEs that are breaking even and financially viable.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 05:14
In this video the Director of the Ohio Health Department, Dr. Ted Wymyslo shares his thoughts and hopes for Ohio’s statewide health information exchange — CliniSync.
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 at 18:13
Flint Michigan Health Information Exchange - Medical Records Video
One of the greatest challenges with achieving efficient and quality health care is coordinating a patient's care between health care providers. Today, coordination is poorly attempted by having patients complete a clipboard survey of medical history at each point of medical care. This fundamental process reduces the ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012 at 05:55
Hoag has launched a Health Information Exchange (HIE) Program – the Hoag HIE.
Hoag is a not-for-profit regional healthcare delivery network in Orange County, Calif. that treats nearly 30,000 inpatients and 350,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals, seven health centers and a network for more than 1,300 physicians, 5,000 employees and 2,000 volunteers.
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