State HIE
Read updates from ONC’s State HIE Program about how they are helping the nation transition to electronic health records by helping states increase connectivity and enable the secure flow of patient-centric information across the health care system—within and across states.
Latest Blog Posts
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Direct Secure Messaging Makes Big Impact in Chicago Behavioral Health Community
Individuals with serious mental illnesses are 2.6 times more likely than the general public to develop cancer and nearly twice as likely to end up in an emergency or inpatient department with a serious injury, according to recent studies conducted at Johns Hopkins.
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Liberating Immunization Data: How Indiana Is Empowering Individuals to Actively Engage in Their Own Health Care
On July 23, Indiana announced the statewide rollout of MyVaxIndiana
, a web-based program that allows individuals to access their immunization records. ONC’s Deputy National Coordinator for Policy and Programs Judy Murphy and the State Health Commissioner Gregory Larkin attended the event as well as other representatives from the provider and patient community.
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Health Information Exchange: It Should Just Work
The day is not far off when any hospital discharging a patient or doctor making a referral will be able to send along needed information seamlessly, electronically, and easily from their electronic health record (EHR) to the next point of care and to patients. This means safer, better and cheaper care.