On March 9, 2020, HHS released the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC’s) Cures Act Final Rule. The final rule will help patients with the ability to securely access their health data, encourage innovation and... read the full article

The Hawai‘i Homeless Healthcare Hui (H-4), a nonprofit organization that currently operates at two temporary sites—the Institute for Human Services in Iwilei and the Chinatown Joint Outreach Center—has opened another outreach site with an urgent... read the full article

Being able to read a doctor’s handwriting may no longer be a challenge with electronic data, but understanding the terms that doctor’s use and agreeing to terms that all doctors use has become a new challenge. The Hawai‘i Health Information... read the full article

With Hawaii Health Information Exchange’s (HHIE) recent $2.5 million investment in technological investments, the goal of routing data directly to disparate electronic health record (EHR) systems used by providers is now easier to achieve. HHIE... read the full article

Coinciding with the HIE system implementation and prior to having access to it, VAPIHCS medical and managed care staff were invited to complete an online needs assessment tool. Voluntary trainings on the system were offered at various times on... read the full article