We’re a Designated QHIN! Here’s What That Means for You

Healthcare organizations need interoperability in healthcare. They need scalable data exchange. Our designation as a Qualified Health Information Network® (QHIN^TM) serves that need—for simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing.

Some people believe that data is the new oil.

Try a week—or an hour—without an internet connection. Imagine how it would feel if Google (or an AI chatbot) suddenly refused to answer your questions. For that matter, ask any doctor or nurse what it’s like to have an incomplete picture of the patient. It’s frustrating, to say the least.

That’s why we’re on the journey to make data more accessible and usable for patients and those who care for them.

The designation of Surescripts Health Information Network LLC as a QHIN alleviates this frustration by making clinical information available when and where it’s needed, expanding interoperability in healthcare from coast to coast.

What’s Next

For Surescripts Network Alliance participants, this expanded interoperability comes by way of Interconnect^TM.

Through Interconnect, Surescripts Health Information Network joins other QHINs to enable organizations across healthcare to tap into nationwide data exchange under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement^TM (TEFCA^TM). (Get your two-minute primer on TEFCA here.)

Who benefits from QHIN connectivity? Electronic health record (EHR) vendors, health plans, health systems, and pharmacies—not to mention providers and their patients. Our QHIN Use Case Guide features 17 clinical and business scenarios for organizations across healthcare.

Shortly after the Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCE®) The Sequoia Project announced our designation as a QHIN, our chief executive officer Frank Harvey shared his perspective about how the designation underscores our purpose to advance clinical intelligence sharing and amplify our ability to collaborate and improve healthcare at a greater scale.

“Together,” Harvey said, “we’re going places in healthcare as we tackle our shared challenges—and simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing takes us there.”