HIEA Updates

Health care providers in North Carolina can get personalized guidance on how to connect to NC HealthConnex, the state-designated health information exchange, and learn how to get the most out of it for their practices thanks to N.C. Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) coaches.

Health care providers in North Carolina can get personalized guidance on how to connect to NC HealthConnex, the state-designated health information exchange, and learn how to get the most out of it for their practices thanks to N.C. Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) coaches.

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.