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2024 Health Information Organization (HIO) Survey and Civitas Member Survey

The nationwide survey of HIOs is being led by Civitas in collaboration with Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein at the University of California, San Francisco and is sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC).  As you know, the field continues to change rapidly, and this survey will enable us to focus on new achievements and identify challenges to create a current and accurate picture of Civitas’ HIO member efforts.  We request your time to complete our survey. Participation is completely voluntary and will contribute to a research study. Thank you in advance for your time.
 
The survey includes questions in five broad areas:
    (1) Organizational Demographics
    (2) Public Health
    (3) Implementation/Use of Standards
    (4) Network-to-Network Connectivity and TEFCA
    (5) Information Blocking

There is a sixth section of questions, only asked of Civitas members, that cover a range of supplemental topics.  
 
We will not make ANY responses to questions publicly available or attribute responses to any specific organization. These data will only be presented in aggregate and will be published in a peer-reviewed journal (which we will be happy to send to you) and other publicly available publications and presentations. Please see below for more details on data access and data reporting.

Data Access: Who Will Have Access to Individual, Identified Survey Responses
The Civitas leadership team and the UCSF research team that are collecting the data will have access to fully identified survey responses.  In addition, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) that is funding the survey will be given a dataset containing identifiable survey responses in the first five sections only. ASTP/ONC may choose to share all or part of the dataset with ASTP/ONC contractors only for the purpose of conducting contracted work and abiding by the same reporting/disclosure terms as described below. The sixth section will only be made available to Civitas and the UCSF research team. 
 
Data Reporting: What Data & Derivative Results Will be Reported in Journals, Data Briefs, or Public Documents
No individual respondents or responses will ever be identified or reported.  All data will be reported at an aggregate level (e.g., across all survey responses).  For example, we may report that 10% of HIOs in the US have payers as participants.  A subset of data may be reported at the regional level (i.e., aggregated by state or healthcare market/HRR).  Civitas, UCSF, ASTP/ONC, and any ASTP/ONC contractors receiving the data will abide by these terms.

If you serve as overarching infrastructure for sub-exchanges or otherwise manage multiple distinct health information exchanges, please let us know so that we can send you another link to the survey.  This will ensure that you fill out only one response per exchange. We also ask that you respond to survey questions only from the perspective of your organization. Please do not attempt to summarize multiple efforts that may be affiliated with your organization (For example, if you are a state-level HIO, please do not respond on behalf of local HIOs with whom you work.) 
 
To thank you for your time, upon completion of the survey you will be offered a $50 amazon.com gift certificate. If you are not eligible for our survey, you will be offered a $10 amazon.com gift certificate.

If you have any questions, please contact the project investigator, Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein ([email protected] or 415-476-9562). Questions for Civitas may be directed to Jolie Ritzo ([email protected] or 207-272-4725).

Screening Questions

We would first like to ask you about the type of organization for which you are responding:

1. As of today is your organization: (select one)

 Supporting* “live” electronic health information exchange across your network
 Building (or planning for) the infrastructure or services to support*, or pilot testing, electronic health information exchange across your network (End of survey)
 No longer pursuing or supporting* electronic health information exchange (End of survey)
 Never pursued or supported* electronic health information exchange (End of survey)

2. Does electronic health information exchange take place between independent entities**?

 Yes
 No (End of survey)


* Supporting is defined as offering a technical infrastructure that enables electronic health information exchange to take place.  

**Independent entities are defined as institutions with different tax identification numbers; HIE between independent entities requires that at least one entity is independent of the other(s).


Organizational Demographics


    1. Since March 1, 2023, have you merged or are you planning to merge with another HIE?
 No, not planning to do so
 Currently considering
 Yes, plan to merge. If public, with whom:      
 Yes, recently merged. If public, with whom:      

    2. Which of the following general categories apply to your organization: (Select all that apply)
 Multi-state HIE
 Single, statewide HIE
 Community or local HIE

 Governmental, state-designated HIE
 Non-governmental, state-designated HIE
 Enterprise HIE (i.e. primarily facilitate exchange between strategically aligned organizations)

 Health Information Service Provider (HISP)
 Other (please list):      

    1. 
    2. 
    3. What is your legal organizational structure?
 State Government/Agency
 Private Non-Profit 501c3
 Private For-Profit
 Other (please specify):      

    4. *Which state(s) or province(s) do you consider the primary ones in which you currently have, or are recruiting new, participants in your HIE? This should *not* include state(s) that you connect to via regional/national networks, such as Patient Centered Data Home or eHealth Exchange, or state(s) in which you provide technology for other HIEs that are branded under a different name.
 Alabama		 Alaska		 American Samoa	 Arizona
 Arkansas		 California		 Colorado		 Connecticut	
 Delaware		 Distr. of Columbia	 Florida		 Georgia	
 Guam		 Hawaii		 Idaho		 Illinois	
 Indiana		 Iowa			 Kansas		 Kentucky	
 Louisiana		 Maine		 Maryland		 Massachusetts	
 Michigan		 Minnesota		 Mississippi		 Missouri	
 Montana		 Nebraska		 Nevada		 New Hampshire
 New Jersey		 New Mexico		 New York		 North Carolina
 North Dakota	 N. Mariana Islands 	 Ohio 		 Oklahoma	
 Oregon		 Pennsylvania	 Puerto Rico		 Rhode Island
 South Carolina	 South Dakota	 Tennessee 		 Texas	
 Utah			 US Virgin Islands	 Vermont		 Virginia	
 Washington		 West Virginia	 Wisconsin		 Wyoming

    5. *For the state(s) selected in question 4, please select the specific hospital service area(s) † in which you currently have, or are recruiting new, participants in your HIE.

† Hospital Service Areas are geographic areas defined by the Dartmouth Atlas. 
[Populate list of HSAs for each State reported in prior question and have check all option for HSAs in a given state] 
	     
	A hospital service area look-up by zip code can be found at: www.dartmouthatlas.org/data/search_zip.php

If you describe your service area differently or have additional comments on geographic area covered, please comment:      

5a. If you have participants in other states or connections to HIEs in other states, please list those states here:       

    6. Please indicate which of the following options applies to your HIE data architecture model:
 Federated
 Centralized
 Both (Hybrid)
 Other (please specify)      

    7. Which of the following do you currently have as core infrastructure or offer as services to your participants (either directly or via a third party)?  (Select all that apply)
GENERAL SERVICES

Provider Directory

Patient Consent Management

Community Medical/Health Record: Aggregation of information from across the community served by the HIE

Patient Electronic Access to their Health Information (e.g., immunization history, lab results)

Record Locator Service

Query-based Exchange 

Results delivery (i.e., uni-directional push) 

Alerting/event notification (e.g., Admit-Discharge-Transfer)

Messaging using the Direct Protocol

Transform other document types or repositories into CCDAs (e.g., MDS, OASIS, Community Health Record)

Data normalization 

Intake, assessment, and screening tools

Exchange of data on individual patients' health related social needs (often referred to as social determinants of health) such as transportation, housing, food insecurity or other

Connection to prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) (send or receive)

Connection to Immunization Information System(s) (IIS) (send or receive)

Prescription fill status and/or medication fill history

Provide data to third party disease registries (e.g., Wellcentive, Crimson, ACOs)

Advanced care planning e.g., POLST/MOLST, power of attorney, patient personal advance care plan)

Sell de-identified data to third parties

Integrating claims data

Other (please list):      


Services related to VALUE-BASED PAYMENT MODELS

Activities related to quality measurement (e.g., generating, validating, reporting, etc.)

Closed-loop referrals tracking

Connection to social service referral platform(s) (e.g., FindHelp Unite Us, homegrown)

Identification of gaps in care

Care coordination platform

Registry services, including operating as a clinical data registry or qualified clinical data registry (QCDR)1

Providing data to allow analysis by networks/providers

Analytics (e.g., risk stratification, patient to provider attribution)

Other (please list):      

	

7a. (If Community Medical/Health Record is checked) Does your Community Medical/Health Record contain:
 Only health information (e.g., diagnoses, procedures, medications)
 Health AND non-health information (e.g., transportation, education, and/or housing data)

    8. Does your HIE use patient data in any of the following ways related to artificial intelligence (AI): (Select all that apply)
 Provide data to third parties (e.g., companies, researchers) to be used for developing AI models
 Develop your own AI models to commercialize
 Develop your own AI models and deploy for participants (individually or collectively)
 Deploy AI models developed by third parties on behalf of participants (individually or collectively)
 Other. Please specify:      

    9. If yes to options 2, 3, or 4 in question 8: What types of models have you developed and/or deployed: 

 
Yes
No
Don’t know
1. Non-Machine Learning Predictive Models (e.g., LACE+ Readmission model based on logistic regression)



2. Machine Learning Models (e.g. Readmission model leveraging random forest or neural network)



3. Generative AI Models/Large Language Models (e.g., to create text summaries)




9a. If yes to any of the above in 9: How has your HIE used artificial intelligence models? Please check all that apply.
 Predict health trajectories or risks for inpatients (such as early detection of onset of a disease or condition like sepsis; predicting in-hospital fall risk)
 Identify high risk outpatients to inform follow-up care (e.g., readmission risk)
 Monitor health (e.g., through integration with wearables)
 Assist diagnosis or recommend treatments (e.g., identify similar patients and their outcomes)
 Generation of chart summaries
 Patient-facing health recommendations and self-care engagement
 Prediction of quality gaps
 Other operational process optimization (e.g., supply management). Please specify:      
 Other clinical use cases. Please specify:      
 None of the above
 Don’t know

9b. If yes to any of the above in 9: Were any state policies (e.g., legislation, regulations) or organizational policies (e.g., participant agreements) created and/or adjusted to allow development or use of artificial intelligence models?      

9c. If yes to any of the above in 9: What was the motivation for building capabilities related to artificial intelligence models?      

9d. If yes to any of the above in 9: What types of participants are asking for/interested in artificial intelligence models? (e.g., health systems; independent practices)      

9e. If yes to any of the above in 9: What is your approach to governance of artificial intelligence models – assessing models for bias, assessing model drift over time, etc?      

    10. Do entities participating in your HIE cover 100% of your operating expenses?
Yes
No

    11. Are you confident that your HIE will be financially viable over the next 3 years?
Very confident
Somewhat confident
Neither confident nor unconfident
Somewhat unconfident
Very unconfident
Don’t know

    12. Please estimate to the best of your knowledge what percent of your revenue comes from each of the following sources:
	State grants (including Medicaid):      
	Federal grants:      
	Other grants:      
	Revenue from participants:      
	Other. Please specify:      

    13. Has your state Medicaid organization ever provided funding to support your HIE?
 Yes – initial, one-time funding only
 Yes – ongoing funding only
 Yes – both initial and ongoing funding
 In the process of obtaining approval for funding
 No
 Other: Please explain:      

    14. Does your HIE formally partner with your state Medicaid organization to provide data for quality reporting?
 Yes, our HIE provides data for state quality reporting only
 Yes, our HIE provides data for federal quality reporting only
 Yes, our HIE provides data for state and federal quality reporting 
 We are in the process of working with state Medicaid to provide data for quality reporting
 No
 Other: Please explain:      

    15. If you have a Master Patient Index (MPI), please ESTIMATE:
Total number of unique (resolved) individuals in your MPI:	           Do not know
Total number of unique individuals in your MPI with more than only demographic data:           Do not know

    16. Within the past year, please estimate the number of acute care hospitals (individual facilities both within health systems and independent, including VA, public, and private) that are directly connected (not via another network) to your HIE:

HOSPITALS
Provide data
                 Do not know
Receive or view data
                 Do not know

    17. Please report whether each type of entity is involved in your HIE in the following ways:
Answer Options
Provide Data to your HIE
Receive/Query for Data from your HIE
View Only Access to Data from your HIE, via portal login
Entity Not Involved in your HIE
Behavioral Health providers




Long-term, post-acute care facilities




Home health agencies




Social service agencies




Community Based Organizations (CBOs)




Pharmacies






Answer Options
Provide Test Results to your HIE
 Receive/Query Data from your HIE
View Only Access to Data from your HIE

Entity Not Involved in your HIE
Hospital-based labs




Physician office-based labs




Commercial Labs




Other Independent labs (NOT including commercial)




Mobile labs (e.g., Point of Care Labs for COVID-19)




Public health labs




Other:      







Public Health

HIE Support for Public Health
Screening: Is your HIE connected to any state, tribal, local, or territorial public health agencies (PHAs)? (Connected means that the public health entity sends data to your HIE, receives/queries for data, and/or has view only access to data from your HIE.) Select all that apply.
	 Yes, state 
 Yes, local 
 Yes, tribal
 Yes, territory 
	 None of the above (skip to Section E)

SECTION A: Summary of Current Connectivity to PHAs

                            1. Please report how many PHAs engage with your HIE in the following manner:


Total number of unique PHAs connected with your HIE in any way
Number of PHAs that send data to your HIE
Number of PHAs that receive or query for data from your HIE
Number of PHAs with view only access
State-level
     
     
     
     
Local-level
     
     
     
     
Tribal-level 
     
     
     
     
Territorial-level
     
     
     
     
Note: Any connections to registries or federal and national public health networks are addressed later in this survey. Please do not include them here.

1a. Please report how many registries engage with your HIE in the following manner:


Total number connected with your HIE in any way
Number of registries that send data to your HIE
Number of registries that receive or query for data from your HIE

All Types of Registries
     
     
     
Registries Affiliated with a PHA
     
     
     


2. If any tribal PHAs: Please break down the number of PHA connections by region (as defined by the Tribal Epidemiology Center Map which can be found here):

Total Number of Unique Tribal PHAs connected with your HIE in any way
Northwest
     
California
     
Rocky Mountain
     
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
     
Navajo
     
Albuquerque Area Southwest
     
Great Plains
     
Oklahoma Area
     
Great Lakes
     
United South and Eastern Tribes
     
Alaska
     

2b. If any state, local, territorial: What states/territories are the PHA entities connected to your HIO located in? Select all that apply.
 Alabama		 Alaska		 American Samoa	 Arizona
 Arkansas		 California		 Colorado		 Connecticut	
 Delaware		 Distr. of Columbia	 Florida		 Georgia	
 Guam		 Hawaii		 Idaho		 Illinois	
 Indiana		 Iowa			 Kansas		 Kentucky	
 Louisiana		 Maine		 Maryland		 Massachusetts	
 Michigan		 Minnesota		 Mississippi		 Missouri	
 Montana		 Nebraska		 Nevada		 New Hampshire
 New Jersey		 New Mexico		 New York		 North Carolina
 North Dakota	 N. Mariana Islands 	 Ohio 		 Oklahoma	
 Oregon		 Pennsylvania	 Puerto Rico		 Rhode Island
 South Carolina	 South Dakota	 Tennessee 		 Texas	
 Utah			 US Virgin Islands	 Vermont		 Virginia	
 Washington		 West Virginia	 Wisconsin		 Wyoming

If they select more than 1 state: Please breakdown the number of state, local, and/or territorial PHA connections by state/territory:

Please fill in with states selected above
Total Number of Unique PHAs connected with your HIO in any way
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


3. What is the purpose of PHA connectivity? (Select all that apply)
 To identify opportunities to enrich public health data with HIE data
 To make public health data available to your participants
 Other (Please list):      


SECTION B: Reporting Services Provided to PHAs


4a.  Which of the following reporting services do you offer to your participating healthcare providers or PHAs? Select all that apply with regards to the stage at which you offer those services. 


In production
In testing
In planning
Not available
Don’t know
Syndromic surveillance reporting





Immunization registry reporting





Electronic case reporting





Electronic reportable laboratory result reporting





Public health registry reporting (administered by or for public health agencies for public health purposes)





Clinical data and/or specialized registry reporting (administered by or for non-public health agency entities for clinical care and monitoring health care quality and resource use)





Other reporting (e.g., COVID specific, other registry)





Vital Record System reporting







4b. If in production for public health registry reporting: What type(s) of public health registry reporting are in production?      

4c. Have you encountered PHAs that are NOT willing or able to receive the following types of reporting?

Yes, Many
Yes, Some
Few/None
Don’t know
Syndromic surveillance reporting




Immunization registry reporting




Electronic case reporting




Electronic reportable laboratory result reporting




Public health registry reporting (administered by or for public health agencies for public health purposes)




Clinical data and/or specialized registry reporting (administered by or for non-public health agency entities for clinical care and monitoring health care quality and resource use)




Other reporting (e.g., COVID specific, other registry)




Vital Record System reporting






    4. For each type of reporting that is in production, are any of the following provider types currently using these services (i.e., at least one organization providing data for reporting)? (Select all that apply)  


Hospitals
Office-based physicians
LTPAC settings
Urgent Care
Other
Syndromic surveillance reporting





Immunization registry reporting





Electronic case reporting





Electronic reportable laboratory result reporting





Public health registry reporting





Clinical data registry reporting and/or specialized registry reporting





Other COVID-19 related reporting (e.g., registry)





Vital Record System reporting







 SECTION C: Receiving Data from PHAs
Note: Please respond to the remaining questions for all PHAs, not only the primary

. Which of the following types of data do you receive from PHAs with which you have established connectivity? (Select all that apply)
 Immunization 
 Reportability Responses (i.e., whether a condition is reportable in a jurisdiction)
 Laboratory orders and/or results from public health lab
 Data from public health registry (administered by or for public health agencies for public health purposes)
 Data from clinical data and/or specialized registry (administered by or for non-public health agency entities for clinical care and monitoring health care quality and resource use)
 Data related to COVID-19 
 Vital records
 Other. Please list:      	
 Don’t know
 None—do not receive data from public health entities 

SECTION D: Other Services, Barriers and Support for Public Health Exchange

    7. What other services does your HIE provide to PHA(s)?: (Select all that apply)
 Analytic and Data Quality Support (beyond those reported above)
 Dashboarding and Data Visualization Assistance
 Process Automation
 Bidirectional Data Sharing/Receiving Data from PHAs
 Use of HIE MPIs to Support Public Health Deduplication or Other Services
 Outbreak Monitoring and Alerting
 Public Health Policy Impact Monitoring
 Situational Awareness
 Other. Please list:      
 None

    8. Do you receive any of the following funding source(s) to support PHA connectivity? (Select all that apply)

 Fees paid by participants
 Fees paid by State or local health department(s)
 State Medicaid funding
 CDC funding (including through State or local health departments)
 Other Federal funding
 Other State funding, including from State health department
 Other. Please list:      
 Do not receive any funding to specifically support public health reporting

8a.  For respondents who indicate any responses other than “Do not receive any funding to specifically support public health reporting”:  Based upon your best estimate, to what extent do you think these sources of funding will be available to support PHA connectivity over the next 3 years?   
 To a great extent 
 Some extent
 Very little 
 Not at all
Don’t know

    9. To what extent have you experienced the following barriers within the last year to PHA connectivity? 

To a Great Extent
Somewhat
Very Little
Not at All
N/A
Patient consent model hinders data exchange with PHAs





State statutes/regulations limit PHAs participation with HIE





Need for data use agreements for public health data





Limited funding from PHAs





Limited funding from your HIE participants





PHAs lacks staffing





PHAs lacks technical capability to receive messages from your HIE





PHAs lacks technical capability to process messages from your HIE





Other technical limitations on part of PHAs





PHAs have other priorities





Low return on investment to your HIE 





Cost to maintain infrastructure that is only used in specific circumstances (e.g., natural disaster, public health emergency)





Other (please list):      






    10. To what extent do you feel prepared to support PHA data needs for a future pandemic?
	 To a great extent
	 Somewhat
	 Very little
	 Not at all
	 Don’t Know

SECTION E: Other Public Health Exchange Capabilities

    11. Does or could your HIE currently provide data to PHA(s) to fill data-related gaps (e.g., missing demographic information)?
Yes
No but could do so
No and could not do so
Don’t know

11a. If Yes or No but could do so: Please indicate what types of data are or could be provided to PHAs fill data-related gaps in information. (Select all that apply)
	

Currently provided
Not currently provided but could be
Clinical Information  

Problems


Prescribed Medications


Immunizations


Laboratory-Related Information


Laboratory Value(s)/Result(s)


Encounter-Related Information

Procedures


Admission and Discharge Dates and Locations


Encounters (Encounter type, diagnosis, time)


Reason for Hospitalization


Newborn Screenings


Health Equity

Home Address or other up-to-date contact information for contact tracing


Race/Ethnicity


Preferred Language


Health-related Social Needs (e.g., housing, food insecurity) 


Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis (as defined in 42 CFR Part 2)


Gender Identity 


Sexual Orientation 


Other

Other (please list):     




11b. If yes: How often do PHA(s) electronically receive or query these types of data from your HIE?
	 Often
	 Sometimes
	 Rarely
	 Never
	 Don’t know

11c. If yes: How are PHA(s) accessing these types of data? (Select all that apply)
 Single patient lookup through a Portal
 Batch query and response 
 FHIR API query and response
 Aggregate data and/or statistics (e.g., dashboard)
 SFTP/Amazon S3 file transfer
 Other. Please list:      
 Not applicable

	11d. If yes: To what extent is access to these types of data in real-time?
 Majority in real-time
 Mix of real-time and lagged 
 Majority lagged

    12. What are your current capabilities to electronically receive hospital data on bed capacity and resource utilization? Electronic receipt includes standards-based approaches (e.g., SANER, HL7 feed) and does not include spreadsheet submission and/or manual data entry.	

 Actively electronically receiving production data	
 In the process of testing and validating electronic receipt of data	
 In planning phase to support this reporting
 Not planning to support this reporting	
 Don’t know

Implementation and Use of Standards											

    1. To what extent does your HIE electronically receive data from your participants using the following methods listed below? (Select one option across a row) 
Please consider the methods used by participant to provide the data to your HIE.  Do not include conversions you may do after receipt. With regards to conformance to standards, if the receipt of the data is in partial conformance, please consider that as conformant.  


Routinely/
from most participants
Sometimes/
From some participants
Rarely/
From few participants
Never
Don’t know
HL7 v2 messages for event notification (ADT messages)





HL7 v2 messages (e.g., Scheduling, Orders, Labs)





FHIR (any version)







    2. To what extent does your HIE electronically send or make available for query data to your participants using the following methods?

Routinely/
To most participants
Sometimes/
To some participants
Rarely/
To few participants
Never
Don’t know
Care summaries in a structured format (e.g., CDA)





HL7 v2 messages (any type)





FHIR (any version) 






    3. Which types of clinical and other health-related information are made available by your HIE (as part of a clinical document or as a structured data element)? See U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) for further information.  (Select all that apply)

Included in your HIE
Data Provenance

Health Insurance Information (e.g., coverage status, coverage type, member/subscriber/group/payer identifiers)   

Clinical Information  
Problems

Prescribed Medications

Filled Medications

Medication Allergies

Non-Medication Allergies & Intolerances

Functional Status

Cognitive Status

Vital Signs

Pregnancy Status

Immunizations

Family Health History

Health Concerns

Clinical Notes

Imaging/Pathology
Diagnostic Imaging Order

Radiology Report (narrative)

Pathology Report (narrative)

Laboratory-Related Information

Laboratory Test(s) Ordered

Laboratory Value(s)/Result(s)

Laboratory Reports (narrative)

Team-Based Care
Care Plan Field(s), including Goals and Preferences

Care Team Member(s)
(Provider ID, Provider Name)

Assessment and Plan of Treatment

Encounter-Related Information
Procedures

Admission and Discharge Dates and Locations

Encounters (Encounter type, diagnosis, time)

Discharge Disposition

Referrals

Discharge Instructions

Reason for Hospitalization

Health Equity
Home Address

Race/Ethnicity

Preferred Language

Health-related Social Needs (e.g., housing, food insecurity) 

Substance Use Disorder (as defined in 42 CFR Part 2)

Gender Identity 

Sexual Orientation 

Other
Other (please list):     

3a. If selected “Health-related Social Needs” in question 3: Which of the following health-related social needs domains does your organization make available to participants? (Select all that apply)
 Housing / Homelessness
 Food Security
 Transportation
 Financial
 Utility Assistance
 Interpersonal Violence
 Employment
 Long Term Services and Supports
 Health Education
 Other. Please specify:      

3b. If selected “Health related Social Needs” in question 3: How are health-related social needs data encoded? (Select all that apply)
 ICD-10 Z codes
 LOINC
 SNOMED
 Health-related social needs data are not encoded
 Encoded using other. Please specify:      

    4. Do you receive care summary documents from your participants?
 Yes
 No 
 Don’t know 




4a. If Yes: To what extent does your HIE electronically receive care summaries in structured versus unstructured format from your participants: 

Routinely/
most participants
Sometimes/
some participants
Rarely/
few participants
Never
Don’t know
Care summaries in a structured format (e.g., CDA)




      
Care summaries in an unstructured format (e.g., PDF)




      

4b. If care summaries in a structured format “routinely” or “sometimes” is checked above: Do you parse C-CDAs (i.e., extract and make available discrete data elements): 
 Yes
 No
 Don’t know

    5. Does your HIE map from non-standard laboratory test/result codes to LOINC® codes?
 Yes
 No (Skip to next section)
 Don’t know (Skip to next section)

5a.  Within the past year, based upon the volume of test results received (qualitative and quantitative), to what extent did your HIE have to map those results from non-standard codes to LOINC codes?

 All or most
 Some
 Few
 None 
 Don’t know

5b. Have you experienced any of the following issues related to mapping to LOINC? (Select all that apply)
 We do not have sufficient expertise to map to LOINC within our organization
 We find LOINC and LOINC tools too difficult to use
 We do not have the resources (personnel/time) to map to and/or maintain mappings to LOINC
 Other issue. Please specify:      
 No, we have not experienced any issues mapping to LOINC
 Don’t know


Network-to-Network Connectivity and TEFCA										
                    
    1. Does your HIE: (Select all that apply)	


Sell/provide your infrastructure to other HIEs

Buy/use infrastructure from another HIE 

Connect to other HIEs in the SAME state

Connect to other HIEs in a DIFFERENT state(s)

None of the above


    2. Is your HIE currently using the following national networks / frameworks to exchange data? Note: TEFCA questions come next.

Live Data Exchange (send or receive)
Implementing
Not Using
Other (please specify):
General Purpose Networks:




CommonWell



     
DirectTrust



     
 Patient Centered Data Home (Governance Council supported by Civitas)



     
e-Health Exchange



     
Carequality



     
Specific Purpose Networks:




Surescripts



     
Patient Ping



     
Audacious Inquiry: Pulse/ENS



     
Point Click Care: EDie



     
National Public Health Networks:



     
Association of Public Health Laboratories Informatics Messaging Services (APHL AIMS)



     
IZ Gateway



     
Other (please list):      



     

	2a. If not using any general-purpose networks in prior question: Please select reason(s) for not using any of the general purpose networks: (Select all that apply)

 Do not see the value in what they provide (i.e., services not useful or data limited)
 Perceive them as competitors
 Participation costs too high
 Not a priority
 Other. Please list:      

    3. Is your HIE participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)? 
 Yes
 No, but we plan to participate as a QHIN
 No, but we plan to participate as a participant or sub-participant
 No, and we do not plan to participate
 No, and we don’t know if we will participate

3a. If any no: Why are you not currently participating, or not planning to participate, in TEFCA? (Select all that apply)
 Didn’t/Don’t have enough information        
 Didn’t/Don’t have time/resources to prepare
 Had/Have concerns about the terms of the Common Agreement (please briefly describe):       
 Had/Have concerns over privacy and/or security of the network
	 Risk of inappropriate use of the data   
 Concerns about the burden associated with participation (e.g., financial, reporting, technical/infrastructure) (please briefly describe):       
 Did/Do not perceive sufficient value in participating (please briefly describe why):       .
	 Lessens competitive advantage
 Did/Do not support the technical requirements, including standards, required to participate in TEFCA or within a QHIN.
 Were/Are waiting to see if and how requirements for exchange and participation change (e.g., requirements related to FHIR based transactions) (please briefly describe):       
 Had/Have concerns about the volume of queries we would receive through TEFCA. 
 Had/have not yet developed a strategic plan to participate      
 Other (please list):       


3b. If Yes or No, but we plan to participate as a participant or sub-participant: Which TEFCA QHIN(s) or Candidate QHIN(s) are you participating or planning to participate in? Check all that apply.


Epic Nexus

eHealth Exchange

Health Gorilla

KONZA

MedAllies

CommonWell Health Alliance

Kno2

Other (please list):      

Don’t Know


3c. If Yes or No, but we plan to participate as a QHIN/participant or sub-participant: What changes has your HIE made, or is your HIE planning to make, to its operations in order to participate in TEFCA:

Yes
No 
Don’t know
Not Applicable
Changing types of services offered




Selling/providing your services to other HIEs




Buying/using services from another HIE 




Changing technical infrastructure




Changing legal agreements and/or policies




Changing other infrastructure (e.g., creating new training, supporting or making process redesigns (e.g., new workflows)) 




New Partnerships with other HIEs 




New Partnerships with an entity that is not an HIE (e.g., health IT developer)




Other (please list):      





3d. If Yes, how would you rate the benefit of participating in TEFCA to your HIE and members:
 Substantial
 Moderate
 Minimal/Not at all (please explain):       
 Don’t know 

3e. If Yes or No, but we plan to participate as a participant or sub-participant, how satisfied are you with your HIE’s QHIN?
		 Very satisfied
		 Satisfied
		 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
		 Dissatisfied (please explain):       
		 Very dissatisfied (please explain):       
		 N/A (e.g., we are the QHIN)

3f. If any response to Q3, how satisfied are you with the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity’s response to issues identified by your HIE or your HIE’s QHIN?
		 Very satisfied
		 Satisfied
		 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
		 Dissatisfied (please explain):      
		 Very dissatisfied (please explain):      
		 My HIE or my HIE’s QHIN has not, to my knowledge, reported issues to the RCE.

	3g. If Yes, what proportion of your members participate in TEFCA through your HIE?
 All/Most
 Some
 Few (Please explain):       
 None (please explain):        
 Don’t know


Information Blocking													

Information blocking practices have been defined in rules that went into effect on April 5, 2021. The following set of questions ask about practices that may constitute information blocking based on your understanding of the rules. Please respond based on your experience since the rules went into effect (April 5, 2021). 

    1. To what extent are you familiar with the information blocking rules, applicable actors, exceptions, and enforcement timeline?
 Very Familiar
 Moderately Familiar
 Somewhat Familiar
 Not Familiar

	1a. To what extent are you familiar with ASTP/ONC’s process for reporting violations of the information blocking rules?
 Very Familiar
 Moderately Familiar
 Somewhat Familiar
 Not Familiar


    2. How often have you encountered each of the following form(s) of information blocking by EHR vendors (and other Developer(s) of Certified Health IT)? 

Rarely/Never
Sometimes
Often/ Routinely
Don’t Know
PRICE

Examples: 

using high fees to avoid granting third-parties access to data stored in the developer’s EHR system 

charging unreasonable fees to export data at a provider’s request (such as when switching developers)





CONTRACT LANGUAGE

Examples: 

using contract terms, warranty terms, or intellectual property rights to discourage exchange or connectivity with third-party

changing material contract terms related to health information exchange after customer has licensed and installed the vendor’s technology





ARTIFICIAL TECHNICAL, PROCESS, OR RESOURCE BARRIERS

Examples: 

using artificial technical barriers to avoid granting third-parties access to data stored in the vendor’s EHR system

using artificial reasons to limit the types of information that can be sent/shared or received





REFUSAL

Examples: 

refusing to exchange information or establish connectivity with certain vendors or HIOs 

refusing to export data at a provider’s request (such as when switching vendors)




OTHER (please list):      





    3. What proportion of EHR vendors have you encountered engaging in information blocking?
 All/Most
 Some
 Few
 None (skip to 6)
 Don’t know or N/A (Don’t interact with developers) (skip to 6)

3a. Among EHR Vendors that engage in information blocking, how often do they do it?
 Routinely
 Sometimes
 Rarely
 Don’t know

    4. When you have experienced practices that you believed constituted information blocking by EHR vendors in the past year, how often did you report the information blocking to ASTP/ONC/HHS?
 Always
 Most of the time
 Sometimes
 Rarely
 Never

4a. If Rarely or Never: Why have you not reported information blocking by EHR vendors when you have experienced it?      

    5. To what extent does information blocking by EHR vendors make it more difficult for you to provide HIE services to your participants?
 Greatly
 Moderately
 Minimally/Not at all
 Don’t know 

    6. In what form(s) have you experienced information blocking by hospitals and health systems? 

Rarely/Never
Sometimes
Often/ Routinely
Don’t Know
ARTIFICIAL TECHNICAL, PROCESS, OR RESOURCE BARRIERS

Examples: 

requiring a written authorization when neither state nor federal law requires it

requiring a patient to repeatedly opt in to exchange for TPO




REFUSAL

Examples: 

refusing to exchange information with competing providers, hospitals, or health systems 

refusing to share data with other entities, such as payers or independent labs




CLOSED NETWORK EXCHANGE

Examples: 

promoting alternative, proprietary approaches to HIE

exchanging only within referral network or with preferred referral partners




OTHER (please list):      





    7. What proportion of hospitals and health systems have you encountered engaging in information blocking?
 All/Most
 Some
 Few
 None (skip to 10)
 Don’t know or N/A (skip to 10)

7a. Among hospitals and health systems that engage in information blocking, how often do they do it?
 Routinely
 Sometimes
 Rarely
 Don’t know

    8. When you have experienced practices that you believed constituted information blocking by hospitals and health systems in the past year, how often did you report the information blocking to ASTP/ONC/HHS?
 Always
 Most of the time
 Sometimes
 Rarely
 Never

8a. If Rarely or Never: Why have you not reported information blocking by hospitals and health systems when you have experienced it?
     

    9. To what extent does information blocking by hospitals and health systems lead to missing patient health information?
 Greatly
 Moderately
 Minimally/Not at all
 Don’t know 

    10. Among other types of entities, to what extent have you observed information blocking behaviors?

Rarely/Never
Sometimes
Often/ Routinely
Don’t Know
Commercial Payers




Laboratories




Commercial Pharmacies




Public Health Agencies
Healthcare Providers other than Hospitals and Health Systems (e.g., independent practices)




National Networks (e.g. CommonWell, eHealth Exchange)




State, Regional, and/or Local Health Information Exchanges




Other (please list):      






12. If Laboratories selected in Q10 above: What types of laboratories have sought to limit or refused to provide access, exchange, or use of electronic health information? (Select all that apply)
 Hospital-based labs
 Commercial labs
 Independent labs (not including commercial)
 Physician office-based labs
 Mobile labs (e.g., Point of Care Labs for COVID-19)
 Public health labs
 Other. Please list:      

    13. Which of the following reasons have laboratories used as the basis for limiting or refusing to provide electronic health information to your HIE? (Select all that apply)
 Role of CLIA or other federal regulations in restricting them from sending additional data 
 Fees associated with HIE participation 
 Labs don’t derive value as a data contributor only 
 Concerns with HIE’s ability to do patient matching
 Concerns with producing duplicate data
 Exchanging data with HIEs is not considered related to treatment, payment, or operations and thus would require patient consent
 Labs reporting obligation ends with returning result to ordering provider
 Public health agencies (including emergency rules) do not mandate reporting to HIE
 Labs need consent from each individual provider, resulting in your HIE having to execute multiple disclosure forms (e.g., for each participating health care provider)
 Technological reasons/use of specific standards (convenient reason or wide spectrum of what labs are able to do)
 Other. Please list:      

    14. To what extent have you been able to overcome these difficulties to access data from laboratories?
 Not at all
 To a small extent
 Somewhat
 To a great extent
 Fully

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