Agfa HealthCare and Orion Health have formed a strategic relationship to image-enable EHRs and HIEs and for regional-enabled Hospital Information Systems/Clinical Information Systems/Electronic Patient Records.

The College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the eHealth Initiative (eHI) have conducted a joint survey of 90 provider organizations to see how they use and analyze data. The results were shared during an Aug. 30 presentation by eHealth Initiative CEO Jennifer Covich.

The White House has appointed 18 inaugural members of the presidential innovation fellows program, an initiative that will bring individuals with experience in the private sector to work on one of five projects in Washington, D.C. for six-month durations.

HealtHIE Nevada, a private, non-profit health information exchange organization, has gone live with the eHealth Image Exchange service from eHealth Global Technologies.

The West Virginia Health Information Network launched a statewide health information exchange (HIE) to connect physicians, laboratories, hospitals and other stakeholders.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services spruced up its Medicare.gov website. A redesign of the Medicare homepage includes enhanced search features and improved functionality for mobile devices to make content more accessible for beneficiaries and their families.

This months health information exchange (HIE) news includes a survey indicating patient engagement as a priority, and more developments among several states

Two Ohio primary care practices have successfully begun sharing immunization data with the Ohio Department of Health through electronic health information exchange (HIE).