I often write about things that directly affect our region’s healthcare providers and participants in Hixny. Today, though, I want to address all of the many individuals who trust us…

Over the course of the year, we ask our users a lot of questions about a lot of subjects. As we learned from the participants in our recent value-based care…

In a recent post, I described our highly successful meeting with stakeholders in the region’s transition to value-based care.  To support the discussion during the meeting and provide materials that…

Hixny has invested significant resources into streamlining the process for providers to access vital patient information at the point of care, while taking additional steps to keep those records secure.…

In the emergency department (ED), it’s well known that speed affects patient care—and that includes rapid data retrieval. Recently, a team from the University of Michigan set out to study…

The Hixny health information exchange (HIE) is changing in order to improve user experience. We have recently implemented new web access features to make Hixny easier and more effective for…

Image by Petr Strnad, YouWorkForThem The providers at Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Services and Koinonia Primary Care, both long time Hixny members, are always on the lookout for innovative…

Dr. Adetutu Adetona, Lansingburgh Family Practice Most healthcare offices operate according to systems and habits. Providers and their teams are used to doing things a certain way and often, if…

Value-based care is a delivery and payment model that rewards providers who achieve a higher quality of care, better outcomes and greater efficiency than the fee-for-service model that has been…

One of the most challenging findings from our user survey last spring, is that 62 percent of respondents said their primary way of obtaining patient information from another provider or facility…