Alaska’s Health Information Exchange Awarded State Contract to Expand Crucial Healthcare Data Exchange

Funding allows healtheConnect Alaska to further extend its operations, connecting more patients in rural and urban Alaskan communities to critical health services Read full article: http://www.mobilehealthtimes.com/alaskas-health-information-exchange-awarded-state-contract-to-expand-crucial-healthcare-data-exchange/
HIMSS23: Interoperability requires modern, usable data

Modernizing data means shifting it from an asset to a utility, to ensure it’s usable for patients, providers and payers, a HIMSS23 panel said. Read full article: https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/himss-23-interoperability-requires-modern-usable-data
Alaska to expand state Health Information Exchange

Alaska’s Department of Health this week awarded the state’s health information exchange, HealtheConnect Alaska, a new contract to expand its data services across the state. Read full article: https://statescoop.com/alaska-expand-state-health-information-exchange/
Alaska DOH Awards State HIE New Contract to Further Interoperability

The contract aims to help the HIE expand services in underserved rural and urban communities across the state.Read full article: https://ehrintelligence.com/news/alaska-doh-awards-state-hie-new-contract-to-further-interoperability
Alaska’s Health Information Exchange Awarded State Contract to Expand Crucial Healthcare Data Exchange


New funding will allow healtheConnect Alaska to further extend its operations, connecting more patients in rural and urban Alaskan communities to critical health services Read full article: https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/bizwire-2023-4-11-alaskas-health-information-exchange-awarded-state-contract-to-expand-crucial-healthcare-data-exchange
Hit Like a Girl Podcast: Nichole Sweeney


In this episode, Joy sits down with Nichole Sweeney, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for CRISP Shared Services, to unravel the complexities of health information exchanges (HIEs) and the evolution of health data utilities. Nichole breaks down the significance of interoperability, highlighting how HIEs enable real-time access to crucial patient data for clinicians across […]
Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more


Three Democratic Senators have introduced legislation to expand protections for Americans’ personal health data privacy. Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), the Upholding Protections for Health and Online Location Data (UPHOLD) Privacy Act would would ban advertisers from using personal health data and prevent data brokerages from amassing patient […]
CRISP’s Craig Behm Parses the Landscape Around the Future of HIEs


Craig Behm, who late last year succeeded David Horrocks at the helm of the Columbia, Md.-based CRISP HIE, shares his vision or CRISP and his perspectives on the future of HIEs Read full article: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/interoperability-hie/health-information-exchange-hie/article/21292244/crisps-craig-behm-parses-the-landscape-around-the-future-of-hies
What Distinguishes HIEs From Health Data Utilities (HDUs)?



Reshaping the nation’s HIEs as state-designated health data utilities (HDUs) offers distinct advantages for public health, according to HIE officials. Full article: https://ehrintelligence.com/features/what-distinguishes-hies-from-health-data-utilities-hdus