UnitedHealthcare joins CalRHIO to expand HIE
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, is collaborating with the California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO) to support California's statewide electronic health information exchange (HIE) initiative.
The payor is the first market participant to support and pay for HIE services statewide, according to the Cypress, Calif.-based CalRHIO. As part of the initiative, CalRHIO's HIE will deliver patient information, including medication history, laboratory results and clinical data from claims, to hospital emergency departments for UnitedHealthcare-PacifiCare of California commercial HMO health plan customers. The CalRHIO HIE will begin rolling out in Orange County emergency departments this summer in collaboration with the Orange County Partnership Regional Information Organization.
Use of the health information provided by UnitedHealthcare to CalRHIO is restricted to patient care and is protected and exchanged under strict medical privacy and confidentiality regulations.
The payor is the first market participant to support and pay for HIE services statewide, according to the Cypress, Calif.-based CalRHIO. As part of the initiative, CalRHIO's HIE will deliver patient information, including medication history, laboratory results and clinical data from claims, to hospital emergency departments for UnitedHealthcare-PacifiCare of California commercial HMO health plan customers. The CalRHIO HIE will begin rolling out in Orange County emergency departments this summer in collaboration with the Orange County Partnership Regional Information Organization.
Use of the health information provided by UnitedHealthcare to CalRHIO is restricted to patient care and is protected and exchanged under strict medical privacy and confidentiality regulations.