The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted laws that impact health care providers and organizations that serve state-funded patients (e.g., Medicaid recipients and State Health Plan members).
North Carolina's HIE enables secure, coordinated psychiatric care, maintenance and cooperation keep NC HealthConnex functioning well, and Kimberly Webster joins outreach and provider relations with NC HEIA.
North Carolina ranks first nationally for safe hospitals, cybersecurity is a health care leadership imperative, and May brings awareness to mental health.
Adoption of health information exchange (HIE) into the daily workflows of medical providers offers unique opportunities and capabilities to realize the potential of value-based care at the level of patient care in primary care and skin cancer treatment.
The clinical data flowing through health information exchanges can help providers navigate the trickiest parts of value-based care: treatment notifications, medications and diagnoses. Notifications help primary care providers accurately assess patients' care needs and risk and reconcile medications, promoting high-quality care and cost savings.
Behavioral health providers face the challenge of bringing together mental and physical health, but they can bridge that gap with the information flows from NC HealthConnex, the state-designated health information exchange (HIE). Alexander Youth Network delivers a range of behavioral health treatments for children in North Carolina and relies on NC HealthConnex to understand patients' physical, mental, and social needs and histories.
Cary Medical Management shares how NC HealthConnex, the state-designated health information exchange, helps it overcomes the challenges to delivering value-based care.
NC HealthConnex's Upcoming Outreach to Unconnected N.C. Health Care Providers
The N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority enters a new phase of its mission: providers and entities regulated by the Statewide Health Information Exchange Act have a new statutory deadline of Jan. 1, 2023, to connect to NC HealthConnex.
Outgoing NC HIEA Board Chair Anticipates More Data-Driven, Proactive Health Care
The N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority's Advisory Board outgoing chair reflects on growing North Carolina's state-designated HIE into a data-driven organization that he expects will drive more proactive population-level health care.
NC HealthConnex June and October Deadlines Extended to January 2023
Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 395 (now NCSL 2021-26) into law on May 27, 2021, to allow additional time for providers to connect to the state-designated health information exchange NC HealthConnex, among other things.
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week – April 18-24, 2021
NC HIEA recognizes medical lab professionals not only this week but every day for working to keep North Carolinians healthy and informed.
