HealthLINC
Q&A: Standards are key to wider information exchange, HIE exec says
System integration via interoperability is essential to achieve outcomes required for meaningful use, Todd Rowland, executive director of HealthLINC, a health information exchange (HIE) formed by Bloomington Hospital and the physician community in Southern Indiana told CMIO.
Grass-roots Groups Prepare to Fill Gaps in Health Care Reform
Legislation set to come out of Washington will not change the most fundamental problems of the health care system, leaving it up to states, cities and companies to figure out what to do about it. The 83 people who turned out last month for a daylong summit in Indianapolis on community-based health reform embodied the [...]
AMA Physician Spotlight: Robert Wrenn, MD
A small practice with five physicians and three nurse practitioners, Aegis Women’s Healthcare in Bloomington, Ind., decided to make the transition to an electronic health record (EHR) system. With the support of its hospital and HealthLINC—a community-based organization leading the health information exchange in southern central Indiana)— Aegis looks to realize the power of its [...]
Health Information Exchanges: The Health IT Inside
Healthcare officials in Washington are discussing standards for the technical architecture of modern health information exchanges. And while such standards haven’t yet been finalized to meet the objectives of meaningful use of electronic medical records, the U.S. government starts doling out $564 million in grants to states in early 2010 to fund state-level networks for [...]
HealthBridge and HealthLINC Team Participate in Connectivity Demonstration
Conference Showcases the Future of Health Care Interconnectivity View Demo The Internet2 Annual Fall Member Meeting was held on October 5-8, 2009. The conference focused on elements of network-based collaboration, including–but not limited to–virtual organizations, social networking, and software collaboration tools.
Indiana and Ohio Health Information Exchanges Connect for Nation’s First Live, Multi-Region Clinical Information Exchange
The day when your medical information follows you electronically wherever you go just came one day closer to reality. Three Indiana and Ohio organizations today started securely sending clinical test results, reports and other medical information among their health information exchanges (HIEs), a first in the U.S. These HIEs – HealthBridge in Cincinnati, Ohio, Indiana [...]
HealthLINC Supports Swine Flu Communications Using Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange
Public Health Professionals Praise HealthLINC’s Contributions San Jose, CA, and Bloomington IN, May 18, 2009 –– HealthLINC, a health information exchange (HIE) committed to improving patient care in Southern Indiana, has been playing a novel and important role in public health communication using Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions. HealthLINC is actively assisting the Monroe County Health [...]
Expanding Indiana’s Breakthroughs in Health Information Technology (Exibhit Indiana): Initiative to Advance the State’s Health IT National Leadership and Assets Launched to Bring More Awareness to Sector
Indianapolis, June 24, 2009 – As the federal economic stimulus package moves to fund leading applications of health information technology (HIT), Indiana sits in the pole position.
Bloomington Hospital/HealthLINC Gets Grant to Expand Data Exchange
Hospital wants to improve health information system
Bloomington Hospital wants to enhance and expand its Southern Indiana health information exchange, which links medical providers in four counties— enabling medical providers and hospitals to share patient information and records in electronic form.
HealthLINC Supports Swine Flu Communications Using Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange
Public Health Professionals Praise HealthLINC’s Contributions San Jose, CA, and Bloomington IN, May 18, 2009 –– HealthLINC, a health information exchange (HIE) committed to improving patient care in Southern Indiana, has been playing a novel and important role in public health communication using Axolotl’s Elysium Exchange solutions. HealthLINC is actively assisting the Monroe County [...]