Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange
expands video resources for healthcare providers

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.

Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange
to survey Medicaid providers on alignment with the 21^st Century Cures Act

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.

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.