By Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror
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.
Health care practitioners are required to participate in the HIE. By law, hospitals and laboratories have one year to sign up once the exchange is deemed operational. Other providers have two years. The state has set up a secure email system so medical personnel who don’t have access to the proper technology can communicate with the HIE until the infrastructure is in place. Funding is available for providers who need help connecting to the exchange.
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.
Data on race, ethnicity and language is critical to making real healthcare progress
There are significant disparities in health status based upon race, ethnicity, and other factors that deprive many Connecticut residents of an equal opportunity to enjoy good health and well-being. That some Connecticut residents live without proper treatment of illness and injury due to disparities in health care access, affordability, and outcomes based upon race, ethnicity, and language (REL) is self-evident to many but not to all.
Without raw data and the resulting ability to quantify and track them, we cannot make clear the pervasive inequities and health disparities in Connecticut. It is critical that we have necessary data to address and mitigate root causes of healthcare disparities and assess the effectiveness of our solutions to resolve them.
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