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etHIN recently announced the launch of a new Social Determinants tab within the Clinical Viewer, bringing critical context to patient care by integrating Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data directly into clinical workflows. What’s New? The Social Determinants tab is now live and currently populated with SDOH Assessments. These assessments offer valuable insights into factors
Racial disparities in uptake of flu vaccine among adolescents is a concerning public health issue. Factors contributing to these disparities include socioeconomic status, limited access to healthcare, historical mistrust in medical systems, and systemic barriers that disproportionately affect minority communities. The CDC reported flu deaths in children reached a new high during the 2019-2020 season
etHIN’s connection to the Joint Health Information Exchange provides access to veteran and military service member medical records A new connection between etHIN and the VA/DOD Joint Health Information Exchange (JHIE) through the eHealth Exchange offers numerous benefits to etHIN participants. The JHIE facilitates the sharing of health information between the U.S. Department of Veterans
Micky Tripathi and Jonathan Blum | OCTOBER 30, 2023 A new proposed rule released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) details HHS’ first steps for holding health care providers accountable for information blocking under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). Specifically, the “21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for
Tennessee residents are automatically opted in for sharing their medical data among healthcare providers as permitted under HIPAA. Patients have the right to ‘opt out’ or not allow sharing of their protected health information among their healthcare providers, including providers who participate in East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN). The patient also has the right
An HIE in Tennessee has tapped an AI-based platform to reduce duplicate patient EHRs as part of its patient data quality improvement efforts. Source: Getty Images https://ehrintelligence.com/features/how-an-hie-approaches-continuous-patient-data-quality-improvement By Hannah NelsonAssistant Editorhnelson@xtelligentmedia.com February 08, 2023 – The cornerstone of a health information exchange (HIE) is continuous patient data quality improvement, according to Pam Matthews, chief executive officer and
Effective January 2023, the Drug Overdose Reporting (DOR) List of Reportable Diagnosis Codes was expanded in order to capture nonfatal overdose events more accurately across the state and improve surveillance for nonfatal polysubstance overdoses. Facilities will be required to report drug overdoses containing 78 new ICD-10-CM codes under three new categories of substance (cannabis and
Knoxville, TN, January 4, 2023 – East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN) announced today that it has engaged 4medica®, a leader in healthcare data quality and matching technology, to deploy its cloud-based Data Quality Platform to improve patient matching and health data quality. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Knoxville, etHIN reaches 80% of communities
The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is actively working to broaden syndromic surveillance beyond eligible hospitals to include urgent care facilities as more patients in Tennessee utilize these services for immediate medical needs. Syndromic surveillance data can be used to monitor and detect changes in disease frequency and guide preventive measures. Public Health uses an
The Cures Act Final Rule limited the scope of electronic health information (EHI) that must be shared to data included in USCDI version 1 for approximately 18 months after the Final Rule publication date to allow stakeholders time to ramp up their information sharing capabilities and processes. On October 6th, stakeholders must begin exchanging more