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      <title>Our Latest Newsletter</title>
      <description><![CDATA[We are excited to relaunch our Hawai'i HIE Newsletter in this space!


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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Revisions to HEN Policies</title>
      <description><![CDATA[12/18/2024 - We have updated our Governing Principles for Operational Policies and Procedures (HEN-001) and Appropriate Use and Disclosure Policy (HEN-006) to allow HHIE’s data to be utilized for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/revisions-to-hen-policies'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange  Announces Leadership Transition</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">HONOLULU – <b>Francis Chan</b>, who has served as chief executive officer of the </span></span><a href="https://www.hawaiihie.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#0563c1">Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"> for the past seven years, announced he will retire on Sept 30, 2024. He successfully led the nonprofit organization in adopting new technology and processes to facilitate the secure exchange of health information between providers to benefit patients.</span></span></p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawaii Health Information Exchange Update</title>
      <description><![CDATA[New hospital data available through HHIE:
We are excited to share that we have connected 23 out of 23 acute care hospitals across the Hawaiian Islands!
We reached this milestone by re-establishing connections with Kona Community Hospital and... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawaii-health-information-exchange-update'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange Offers Providers No-Cost Access to Patient Data for Treatment Decisions for Maui Patients</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p align="center"><b>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange Offers Providers No-Cost Access to Patient Data<br />
for Treatment Decisions for Maui Patients</b></p>

<p>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.</p>
... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawai‘i-health-information-exchange-offers-providers-no-cost-access-to-patient-data-for-treatment-decisions-for-maui-patients'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 01:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai'i Health Information Exchange  Elects New Officers and Adds New Board Members</title>
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Elects New Officers and Adds New Board Members</b></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:#555555">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.</span></span></span></p>
... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawaii-health-information-exchange--elects-new-officers-and-adds-new-board-members'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange Resources for Healthcare Providers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange<br />
expands video resources for healthcare providers</b></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:#555555">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.</span></span></span></p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 18:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange to survey Medicaid providers on alignment with the 21st Century Cures Act</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange<br />
to survey Medicaid providers on alignment with the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Cures Act</b></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:#555555">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.</span></span></span></p>
... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawai‘i-health-information-exchange-to-survey-medicaid-providers-on-alignment-with-the-21st-century-cures-act'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange celebrates 15th anniversary with a track record of success</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange<br />
celebrates 15<sup>th</sup> anniversary with a track record of success</b></p>

<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Honolulu, Hawaii—The Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE), the state’s designated health information exchange, celebrates its 15<sup>th</sup> anniversary this year with an array of accomplishments.</span></p>
... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/15thyear'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ONC's Cures Act Final Rule</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On March 9, 2020, HHS released the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC’s) Cures Act Final Rule. The final rule will help patients with the ability to securely access their health data, encourage innovation and... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/oncs-cures-act-final-rule'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
      <link>https://v2.hawaiihie.org/oncs-cures-act-final-rule</link>
      <author>ematthews@hawaiihie.org (Elizabeth)</author>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange Improving Data Quality</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Being able to read a doctor’s handwriting may no longer be a challenge with electronic data, but understanding the terms that doctor’s use and agreeing to terms that all doctors use has become a new challenge.

The Hawai‘i Health Information... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawai‘i-health-information-exchange-improving-data-quality'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <author>it@hawaiihie.org (Hawaii HIE)</author>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Queen's launches new internal app to better access Electronic Medical Records</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Queen's Medical Center set to launch a new internal app that will aid clinicians working in Electronic Medical Records.

The Queen's Medical Center will launch the Hawaii Health Information Exchange (HHIE) app onto IllumiCare's Smart Ribbon... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/queens-launches-new-internal-app-to-better-access-electronic-medical-records-'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
      <link>https://v2.hawaiihie.org/queens-launches-new-internal-app-to-better-access-electronic-medical-records-</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ONC Releases Revised TEFCA Draft</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released a second draft of its Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). Although still in draft form, TEFCA will create common rules to help... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/onc-releases-revised-tefca-draft'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
      <link>https://v2.hawaiihie.org/onc-releases-revised-tefca-draft</link>
      <author>rmaitra@hawaiihie.org (Rahul)</author>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Access to US Department of Veterans Affairs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange (HHIE) is playing a key role in making the health information of U.S. veterans more easily accessible to Hawai‘i providers.</p>
... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/easy-access-to-us-veterans'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i HIE to Act as Hub for Quality Data Exchange Between HMSA and Providers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hawai`i Health Information Exchange (Hawai`i HIE) will now serve as the vehicle for exchanging patient data between HMSA and providers participating in the health plan’s quality initiatives, including patient-centered medical home (PCMH)... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawai‘i-hie-to-act-as-hub-for-quality-data-exchange-between-hmsa-and-providers'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
      <link>https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawai‘i-hie-to-act-as-hub-for-quality-data-exchange-between-hmsa-and-providers</link>
      <author>it@hawaiihie.org (Hawaii HIE)</author>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hawai‘i HIE and HMSA Sign Data Sharing Agreement: Real-Time Patient Data To Improve Quality of Care</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange and HMSA, the state’s largest health insurance provider, recently made a giant leap forward to enhance the quality of care for more than 700,000 HMSA members.

Through a data sharing agreement, HMSA is now... <a href='https://v2.hawaiihie.org/hawai‘i-hie-and-hmsa-sign-data-sharing-agreement-real-time-patient-data-to-improve-quality-of-care'>read the full article</a><div class='excerptspacer'>&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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