Rochester RHIO Advances Interoperability Using Best-in-Class Direct Secure Messaging

Effective Health Information Exchange (HIE) requires a secure and reliable Health Information Service Provider (HISP) infrastructure to provide HIPAA-compliant delivery of healthcare information. Thanks to the regulations included as part of meaningful use, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), every healthcare provider using certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) has access to Direct Secure Messaging. These regulations have made Direct Secure Messaging the most widely adopted transport method for securely sharing health data between trusted entities. As the industry standard, Direct Secure Messaging continues to expand nationally. However, some HIEs have realized the value of transferring their HISP infrastructure to a trusted technology partner. Transferring HISP responsibilities can help to reduce administrative burden and increase the capacity to deliver better quality healthcare. This is what Rochester RHIO decided to do. Rochester RHIO transferred its HISP infrastructure and started using Secure Exchange Solutions (SES) for clinical data exchange and HISP services. To learn more about this move, we sat down with Sara Abrams, MPH, VP, Data Analytics and Quality Assurance at Rochester RHIO. Sara managed the HISP migration process and shared her perspective about the decision to move to SES and what it took to make this transition seamless. The HISP transfer wasn’t a small project sinc...
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