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NeHII Hosts Its Second Annual Meeting in Hastings, NE

The second NeHII Annual Meeting was held July 29th in Hastings, Nebraska at the Quality Inn Hotel and Convention Center.  The event was kicked off with a press conference by the Governor at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital proclaiming the success of the statewide health information exchange. 
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Additional Updates

NeHII Executive Director speaks at Healthcare Stimulus Exchange National Event Series

Chicago hosts the Mid-Western region Healthcare Stimulus Exchange Program where speakers shared the latest information from Washington as the strategy and details are being finalized.  Watch the video as Regional leaders such as Deb Bass, NeHII's Executive Director share their experiences.
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2010 - July News

NeHII Continues to Expand Across Nebraska

NeHII continues to grow, adding new stakeholders from across Nebraska.  Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte is now live on the exchange and sharing lab reports, radiology reports and transcription reports with physicians throughout the state. 
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For Providers

How will NeHII benefit me?

NeHII proposes to offer savings for all participants of the consumer-provider relationship. 

Physicians:

  • Quicker access to lab and radiology results (clinical messaging)
  • Streamlined access to patient histories
  • Ability to access patient data outside the clinical setting
  • Improved physician referral processes
  • Reduced administrative and overhead costs

Health Care Providers:

  • Improved efficiency of care
  • Reduced admission times
  • Improvements in health care delivery
  • Quicker access to test results
  • Reduced administrative and overhead costs resulting from work flow efficiencies

Employers:

  • Decreased absenteeism resulting from healthier, more engaged and informed employees
  • Reduced medical premium costs through increased preventive care and fewer hospital admissions
  • Aggregated health information to identify at-risk populations
  • Reduced administrative and overhead costs

Labs:

  • Improved process efficiency with the ability to send and receive electronic test results
  • Reduced administrative and overhead costs

Pharmacies:

  • Reduced adverse drug events when med reconciliation and medication history can be reviewed
  • Responsive customer service with the ability to review online patient authorizations
  • Transparent transfer of prescriptions from one pharmacy to another
  • Reduced administrative costs from improvements in work flow due to electronic receipt of prescriptions, refills and renewals
  • Fraud reduction
  • Improved monitoring of controlled substances