By - Healthcare Access San Antonio (HASA), a Texas-based multi-regional health information exchange (HIE), has announced it’s joining the eHealth Exchange, the nation’s largest health information network, to increase interoperability.
Now connected to the nationwide HIE, HASA has access to the largest secure health data sharing network in the country, including the Department of Defense, Department of Veteran Affairs, and Social Security Administration.
When HASA signed on with eHealth Exchange, it also tapped into RosettaHealth’s multi-tenant, cloud-based health data exchange platform, RosettaHealth HealthBus. This platform reduces costs by up to 50 percent and simplifies transforming, managing, and moving EHRs, the organizations said.
“This major milestone allows healthcare providers in Texas to exchange information electronically with federal organizations and other participants in the eHealth Exchange community,” Phil Beckett, CEO of HASA, said in a statement.
“Ultimately, this help to improve overall care outcomes for patients in our region through advanced health data exchange.”
More than 50 percent of the nation’s HIEs are connected to the eHealth Exchange network. Additionally, 75 percent of all US hospitals, 61 regional or state HIEs, 70,000 medical groups, and over 8,000 pharmacies are connected to the nationwide exchange. In total, eHealth Exchange accounts for over 120 million patient records.
The eHealth Exchange was formed over a decade ago by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT and adopted a federated exchange approach. Policymakers opted to take an open-market and decentralized approach, rather than a required gateway, which would support further innovation.
The eHealth Exchange utilizes the InterSystems platform integrated with eHealth Exchange’s FHIR healthcare directory as the basis of the hub model.
The hub will make it significantly easier for organizations to connect, using a “connect once” model to reach any other member in the network. This method will facilitate streamlined access to patient records at lowered costs.
The new approach will also help organizations prepare for regulatory changes, such as the interoperability rule and the soon-to-be Trust Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
In late 2019, eHealth Exchange implemented Carequality into the health information network to support additional exchange methods and to provide a common gateway for all participants.
With Carequality, members can reduce information exchange expenses, accelerate implementation of innovative capabilities, and further expand their national footprint.
“The Veterans Health Information Exchange [VHIE], AdventHealth, InterCommunity CCO, and OCHIN were our pioneer partners,” Jay Nakashima, executive director of eHealth Exchange, said at the time of the announcement.
With additional large HIEs now connected to the network, the eHealth Exchange can adopt a more centralized health information network approach by providing a common gateway for all participants.
“Their unwavering commitment to query-based connectivity to improve patient care drove us from implementation kick-off to live, bi-directional exchange using the new eHealth Exchange technology in just four months,” Nakashima continued. “This is a remarkable achievement for any health technology initiative, and unheard of when you think of implementing visions to support nationwide scale.”
As participants continue to transition to the gateway approach, early adopters of the new architecture are expanding their focus to complete implementation of the Carequality Interoperability Framework.
The Carequality framework is already in use by more than 600,000 physicians and is home to over 36 million patient records.
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