The following stories regarding health information exchanges were reported on Becker's Hospital Review over the past month, starting with the most recent.
1. The Nebraska Health Information Initiative is now linked to the Iowa Health Information Network, allowing providers on both exchanges to use Direct messaging to query patient records.
2. Two health information exchanges in North Carolina agreed to share patient records across North and South Carolina.
3. A total of 130 health systems representing more than 900 hospitals are connected to the Surescripts HIE network. Recently, nine major providers publicly announced their participation in the Surescripts network.
4. North Country Hospital in Newport, Vt., is now live on the state's first HIE, joining six other pilot sites across the state.
5. The Kentucky Health Information Exchange, a state-run exchange, introduced a patient portal to give patients access to their complete medical records.
6. Three years ago, Berkshire Health System pushed for non-affiliated providers in the Pittsfield, Mass., area to switch to the same EHR. When that idea wasn't well-received, the system considered implementing an HIE to host electronic data sharing between providers. Here is their story.
7. National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo pointed to Vermont's health information exchange as a model for other states struggling to include rural providers in HIEs.
8. Implementing health information exchange across healthcare facilities and organizations comes with a unique set of challenges. Here are eight lessons for successful HIE implementation.
9. David Watson was named CEO of the California Integrated Data Exchange, a nonprofit organization formed by Blue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross in the process of developing a statewide, "next-generation" HIE.
10. Estes Park (Colo.) Medical Center successfully connected its EHR to the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, becoming the first independent critical access hospital on the statewide HIE.
11. Here are five things to know about the global HIE market.
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