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There is a need to bring nontraditional organizations into value-based efforts, says Lynn Carroll, COO HSBlox.
OnMed CEO Karthik Ganesh says rural hospitals are using federal funds to bring hybrid clinics to underserved areas. The white-label care stations have connected diagnostic tools and 65-inch screens that patients use to meet with their doctors.
Josh Wilda, University of Iowa Health Care's AVP for information systems and CIDO, says that healthcare organizations can maximize TEFCA access to streamline and improve data exchange costs.
Continued funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program requires integrated data across providers. Making it easy for them to connect virtually to state systems is vital, says Dr. Tim Ferris, InterSystems' VP of healthcare practice.