Sharing Health Data: Interoperability Lessons from UPMC

On December 12, 2024, Answers Media Network hosted a virtual event featuring a session titled, Driving Efficiency and Cost Savings Through Closed-Loop Referrals: Interoperability Lessons from UPMC, with speakers Mike Gordon, Dr. Kristian Feterik, and Dr. José Francisco Abad. They discussed how UPMC used IT investments to develop an automated, closed-loop referral system integrating EHR physician consults with a centralized intake department.

Healthy.io Partners with Secure Exchange Solutions to Address Medicare’s $120 Billion Chronic Kidney Disease Dilemma

The partnership will streamline the delivery of kidney test lab results for millions of Americans.

ROCKVILLE, MD, April 17, 2023 – Secure Exchange Solutions (SES), a Centauri Health Solutions company, and leading provider of interoperable, cloud-based clinical data exchange and clinical alerting technologies, announced today that Healthy.io, the global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a medical device,

Arkansas HIE Uses Technology Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes

Source: HealthcareIT Today

When it comes to HIEs, each one is different. They often have distinct missions, and many states have multiple HIEs trying to approach electronic information exchange from several directions. In Arkansas, they’re lucky to have one statewide HIE which is focused on improving patient health outcomes. The Arkansas 

Secure Exchange Solutions to Feature Transformative Clinical Data Exchange at HIMSS22

Rockville, MD, March 09, 2022 – Secure Exchange Solutions (SES), the leading platform provider of cloud-based, secure clinical data exchange software, will highlight their innovative product suite at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, March 14-18, 2022. 

SES sets the standard for protecting, streamlining, and delivering critical healthcare information to the right person in the right workflow,

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DCH Health System Meets CMS Conditions of Participation with Real-time Alerting from Secure Exchange Solutions 

Alert Notifications Improve Patient Care Coordination and Reduce Preventable Hospital Readmissions

Rockville, MD, February 16, 2021 – Secure Exchange Solutions announced that DCH Health System, a leading health system serving the Alabama market with quality and compassionate care, has deployed SES Notify to deliver critical real-time patient admission and discharge alerts to primary care providers and long-term care facilities across Tuscaloosa and West Alabama.

Dr. Chip Grant Recognized as a DirectTrust Interoperability Hero

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We had an enlightening conversation with Interop Hero, Chip Grant, M.D., Founder and CEO of Watershed Health. As a clinician, Chip offers a unique perspective to interoperability and discusses his vision for a more connected industry.

As a practicing interventional cardiologist, Chip saw a reoccurring problem with his patients that needed to be solved: fragmented interoperability.

The Connection Between Hospital Readmissions and Post-Acute Care

Source: HealthcareIT Today

Every healthcare organization knows the importance of reducing hospital readmissions. It’s the perfect example to demonstrate how healthcare gets measured and can be improved. However, while most hospitals and health systems know their readmission number, many don’t know what it takes to reduce that number. In fact, much of the discussion about hospital readmissions focuses on what a hospital should do when the patient is sent home.

Two Use Cases for Improving Outcomes with ADT Notifications: Part III

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Learn how two large health systems realized better health outcomes by creating efficient ADT notifications.

February 08, 2021 – May 1 marks an important deadline for hospitals to comply with a requirement to send electronic admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) event notifications to all providers primarily responsible for a patient’s care as a condition of participation for Medicare and Medicaid.

Global Health Equity Week Reinforces Value of Health Information Technology to Positively Impact Care Delivery

In crisis care settings, it is imperative that providers and care teams know the status of their patients at any given time. The pandemic amplified this need, exposing both the vulnerabilities and the opportunities in our healthcare communications. Also, it emphasizes the important role health information technology plays in improving patient care.

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UPMC’s Alerting System Improves Clinical Efficiencies While Meeting Compliance Mandates

Source: HealthcareIT Today

With technology advances, healthcare organizations gain access to improved tools and better information.  While progress offers clear advantages for providers, many still suffer from archaic, interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems. This is a challenge, given that it’s not uncommon for patients to move across hospitals, outpatient clinics,

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