CMS Clarifies Exchange of Lab Data

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March 12, 2010
CMS Clarifies Exchange of Lab Data The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued guidance to clarify that laboratory results may be transmitted via health information exchanges. Go to Information Exchange Channel >>     Forward this story >> Indiana Network Expands its Reach Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind., has joined the Indiana Network for Patient Care, linking the 232-bed community hospital with 40 other medical facilities serving six million patients. Go to Information Exchange Channel >>     Forward this story >> Advertisement Health Information Exchange Experts Speak Out Hospital, RHIO and State executives share their experience on HIE. Listen to timely testimonials on how they are achieving: Return on Investment, Meaningful Use, Physician Benefits, Statewide and Large Region Scalability, and why they Choose Axolotl. Watch the video evaluations now VA, DoD Expand Data Sharing Pilots The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are expanding to the Tidewater area of southeast Virginia pilot tests to share patient data among their information systems. Go to Information Exchange Channel >>     Forward this story >> New Entity to Oversee California HIEs The State of California has named Cal eConnect, a new organization, as the governing entity to develop and support health information exchange services in the state. Go to Information Exchange Channel >>     Forward this story >> CMS: HIEs Will Stress Financial Systems The industry's move toward health information exchange across disparate entities presents a number of challenges for financial and administrative information systems, says Henry Chao, chief technology officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Go to Information Exchange Channel >>     Forward this story >> Criteria for Accrediting HIEs Released The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission has released for public review and comment much of the criteria for its upcoming Health Information Exchange accreditation program. Go to Information Exchange Channel >>     Forward this story >>
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