HealthShare Exchange


HealthShare Exchange is a membership-dues-supported nonprofit health information exchange formed in 2009 and incorporated in 2012 by Greater Philadelphia's hospitals, health systems, and healthcare insurers.HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern PA#cite note-participants-1|HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern PA#cite note-about-2| It links the electronic medical record systems of different hospital health systems and other healthcare providers — and the claims data of healthcare insurers — to make this information accessible at inpatient and outpatient points of care and for care management. HSX services provide recent clinical care information, and alert providers and health plans to care events.HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern PA#cite note-about-2| Health information exchange makes patient care more informed and coordinated, and reduces unnecessary care and readmissions. HSX serves the greater Delaware Valley region, including southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern PA#cite note-about-2|
WWW hsxsepa.org

Background

As a result of the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and other regional healthcare drivers, local planning for HSX began in the summer of 2011. The Health Care Improvement Foundation, a regional quality improvement non-profit organization, joined with hospitals, health plans, physicians, government representatives, and safety-net providers to explore how a formalized health information organization could enable better care for patients in the region.
Resulting from a number of healthcare market drivers and challenges, HealthShare Exchange was formed as a collaboration among major healthcare stakeholders, including health plans and the acute care hospitals across the five-county region of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
In May 2016, HSX was awarded a portion of a $3.8 million grant by the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority, which receives its funding through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services runs an EHR incentive program that requires its participants to exchange health data in order to receive incentive payments.

Members

HSX members include hospitals, health systems, ambulatory care practices, behavioral health organizations, health plans, and post-acute care facilities.

Health systems and hospitals

HSX health system and hospital members included:

Health Plan Members

HSX health plan members included: