After delays, CT launches its long-anticipated health information exchange
The system will allow providers to get fuller patient medical histories, among other services
Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org
Laurie Grady, a registered nurse, talks to a patient on the phone at Bristol Hospital. Until recently, Connecticut was one of the few states that didn’t have a statewide health information exchange.
After 14 years of false starts and scrapped plans, officials said Monday they have launched Connecticut’s statewide health information exchange, a single repository of medical data that can be accessed by any provider tied to a patient’s care.
Forty-four providers have already signed on to the system, known as “Connie,” including Hartford HealthCare, Yale New Haven Health and the Pro Health Physicians network.