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Change in tactics or change of heart? Speculations on the eClinicalWorks–Epic interoperability announcement

  • Providers , 
  • Digital
Epic is famous for its intense focus on interoperability across its ow…

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Getting the troubled Highmark-West Penn relationship back on track: an outside-in speculation

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  • Providers
Summary Highmark and the West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) ar…

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Transitioning from patchwork to quilt: NY and PA’s path to integrating HIEs at the state level

  • Payers , 
  • Providers
Last month, NY and PA announced plans for how they will integrate data…

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Lumeris, NaviNet and the emerging battle for cloud-based ACO enablement

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  • Providers
Summary Administrative clearinghouse NaviNet has been acquired by 3 B…

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Upping in ante in Pittsburgh: the health information exchange arms race

  • Payers , 
  • Providers
A few weeks ago, UPMC announced an agreement among nine area systems t…

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The curious absence of payers in public HIEs

  • Payers
Last week, the National eHealth Collaborative published a study of sus…

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