Nevada’s state-wide health information exchange has seen a 36% increase in usage during COVID-19, mostly due to emergency regulations that make it easier to access information

Christopher Jason / EHR Intelligence

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Siloed EHR data is hampering efforts to rapidly track COVID spread and identify promising treatment protocols (Fred Schulte / Kaiser Health News)
As independent and research labs quickly pivoted to build COVID-19 testing capacity, established purchasing and EHR workflows prevented providers from utilizing them (Katie Thomas / The New York Times)
VA, DOD launch joint HIE to ease data sharing with community providers (Heather Landi / Fierce Healthcare)