Interoperability

What Is The Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Why Is It Important? A Health Information Exchange allows healthcare providers to access and share patient medical record data securely and electronically. They are critically important because so many medical records are on paper in filing cabinets. Sharing this information typically happens via mail, fax or phone

Promoting Interoperability On August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a 2,693-page FY 2019 Medicare IPPS and LTCH Final Rule, detailing changes to the Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program, formerly known as the EHR Incentive Program or Meaningful Use. Under the final rule, several key changes were made to the PI Program: Use of 2015