North Carolina Health Information Exchange

Programs: Hie/cooperative allows providers to share a patient's medical history including lab results, discharge summaries, and other important information with other providers who have seen or will see the patient, even if those providers are not part of the same practice or health system.

challenge grant - medication management application - nc hie will work with the informatics center for north carolina community care networks, inc. ("n3cn") to build on n3cn's existing "pharmacy home" application, a model web-based medication management application that provides a basic management tool to providers for use with its 12 million n3cn medical home medicaid enrollees under this grant. Nc hie and n3cn will enhance the "pharmacy home" application to connect it to the nc hie as a value added service to encompass all payers and providers by project completion. The nc hie will be the primary inbound source of the disparate medication lists to the application, as well as the conduit for outbound communication with nc hie participants, including a provider's own electronic system of record.

north carolina program to advance technology for health ("nc path")- blue cross and blue shield of north carolina, in collaboration with the nc hie and allscripts, launched nc path - a program created to place north carolina at the forefront of health care reform. Nc path equips physicians with allscripts ehr software and support, connects health care providers accross the state through nc hie and provides assistance to practices with achieving meaningful use and patient center medical home recognition. Designed to meet the needs of both physicians and patients, nc path will move north carolina into a new era of quality health care. Nc path streamlines coordinated care, elevates the quality of patient care, improves health outcomes, reduces health care spending, and aids practices in becoming hit compliant.