Health Information Exchange (HIE) Guide for Public Health Programs

by Jamie Janvier | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT, Interoperability

Health information exchange (HIE) plays a critical role in the drive towards interoperability in healthcare. HIE evolved as a solution to data silos that emerged among hospital and health systems and the variety of electronic health record software they implemented,...

Health IT’s Role in Combatting the Opioid Overdose Epidemic

by Jamie Janvier | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service, Interoperability

While the COVID-19 pandemic has been at the forefront of medical and public concern for the past year and a half, the opioid overdose epidemic has continued to quietly take its toll in the United States. In the twelve months leading up to April 2021, over 100,000...

5 Strategies for Reducing Hospital Readmissions

by Jamie Janvier | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT, Interoperability

Reducing hospital readmissions has been a major goal in healthcare for the past decade. In 2012, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) included a provision called the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program to incentivize hospitals to reduce readmissions. A readmission or...

Syndromic Surveillance Data: Improving Response and Monitoring through ADTs to Address COVID-19

by Jamie Janvier | Oct 29, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT, Interoperability

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that existing public health tracking systems needed more insight into the healthcare system to effectively track the transmission of the virus. Experts weighed in on how to best support this cross-sector data...

Patient-Centered Care: Defining What It Means and the Value It Holds for Healthcare

by Jamie Janvier | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT

Patient-centered care has been a trending topic in healthcare for the past decade. While patient-centered care sounds self-explanatory—shifting focus to the patient and their needs in a healthcare setting—there is more to it than that. Patient-centered care at its...

MyHealth Access Network Partners with Audacious Inquiry to Facilitate Better Healthcare in Oklahoma

by Jamie Janvier | Oct 19, 2021 | Care Coordination, Encounter Notification Service, Press Release

Partnership will enable MyHealth to enhance coordinated care for people across the state         TULSA and BALTIMORE – October 19th, 2021 – Today, MyHealth Access Network (MyHealth), Oklahoma’s non-profit Health Information Exchange helping doctors deliver safer...