HONOLULU – In response to the urgent need for quality medical care following the devastating wildfires on Maui, the Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of patient care through the secure exchange of health information, is making its services more widely available. HIHIE is allowing providers on Maui and others throughout the state who are not currently HHIE subscribers and are serving impacted Maui residents to access and share health data at no cost for six months.

HONOLULU—The Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of patient care through the secure exchange of health information between providers, recently elected new officers and welcomed new board members at its annual meeting held on August 16.

Hawaii Health Information Exchange, or HHIE, the state’s designated health information exchange nonprofit, is expanding its offerings to its health partners under a full-service program with 4medica, a California-based health care data management and software company.

In a Feb. 14 release, officials with HHIE said 4medica’s cloud-based Health Data Quality Platform found significant duplicate patient records in the Islands.

According to Francis Chan, CEO of HHIE, 20% of Hawaii’s total records are duplicate records, accounting for 1.4 million people. He told PBN that prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of duplicates was more manageable; however, with large influxes of Covid testing, the issue needed to be addressed further.

“4medica has proven they can resolve the differences down to 1%,” Chan told PBN.  

Honolulu, Hawai‘i—Over the past 15 years, Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE), a nonprofit organization designated as the state’s official health information exchange, has developed and refined a robust, reliable and secure system to enable providers to seamlessly access and exchange patient data from Hawai’i’s major healthcare providers.

Honolulu, Hawaii—Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE), the state’s designated health information exchange, has been contracted by the Hawaii Department of Human Services, Med-QUEST Division to survey the Hawaii Medicaid provider community on their level of alignment with the 21st Century Cures Act including the Information Blocking Rule and the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule.

Honolulu, Hawaii—The Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE), the state’s designated health information exchange, celebrates its 15^th anniversary this year with an array of accomplishments.

• HHIE is proud to welcome another member to its executive management team. Albert Ogata
• Ben Tutor Promoted to Director of Information Technology Operations
• Van Balera Joins HHIE as a Clinical Application Specialist