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... read the full article

Beginning May 1, 2019, HHIE will monitor each user’s Health eNet activity using an industry-leading proactive privacy monitoring solution called FairWarning®. The FairWarning® solution will help us ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and... read the full article

Improving access to urgent care for Honolulu’s homeless and decreasing their over-utilization of ambulance services and visits to hospital emergency departments—often for non-urgent needs—have been top priorities of the Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui, also known as the H-4 Project.

Some estimate that the care provided to a homeless individual averages $80,000 per year—money that must be absorbed by providers or paid by taxpayers.

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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.

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Improving interoperability — the ability of healthcare organizations to exchange patient data across different electronic health record systems—continues to be one of the toughest challenges facing health information exchanges across the country. This situation is often exacerbated by patients who often share their identify in different ways with different healthcare providers. Identifying and matching patient data adds to the complexity of data exchange.

The inconsistencies in the way patient demographic data is captured can lead to duplicative or mismatched health records. This can have adverse clinical and financial consequences—reduced quality of care or delays in care for patients,increased hospital re-admissions, and unnecessary healthcare spending.

 

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