Bridging Borders with Data: Applying the HIE Model to the European Health Data Space

Europe is trying to do something genuinely hard: get 27 sovereign nations, each with its own language, healthcare system, and political culture, to share health data seamlessly. The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is the vehicle for that ambition, and it’s an impressive one. But ambition and implementation are two very different things. I got […]
Success Story: Chadwicks Group, Modernizing Legacy ERP

Chadwicks Group, Ireland’s leading builders’ merchant with over 50 locations nationwide, relied on a legacy ERP system—Accustar—that had been developed and refined over 40 years. While the system contained decades of proven business logic and operational knowledge, it was built on a terminal-based “green screen” interface that could no longer meet modern expectations for usability, […]
Success Story: How Settings Framework Accelerated Manifest MedEx’s Migration Project

Manifest MedEx, the largest nonprofit health information exchange (HIE) in California, faced a daunting challenge: a full system migration with a tight timeline. They were optimizing their HealthShare instance and reducing spend by migrating to an InterSystems-hosted environment. Their migration was especially complex because they needed to both evolve and advance while supporting their legacy […]
Civitas 2025: CIE Perspectives: Centering Community Voice

Author: Nathan Elliott, Director, Professional Services, J2 Interactive Civitas Networks for Health® is a national collaborative of member organizations working to use health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health. We were in Anaheim, California, this year for the Civitas Networks for Health 2025 Annual Conference. Join us as we recap […]
Civitas 2025: Amplifying Behavioral Healthcare through Partnerships Between a QIO and a State HIE

Author: Nathan Elliott, Director, Professional Services, J2 Interactive Civitas Networks for Health® is a national collaborative of member organizations working to use health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health. We were in Anaheim, California, this year for the Civitas Networks for Health 2025 Annual Conference. Join us as we recap […]
Civitas 2025: How an HIE, Health Plan, and Quality Leader are Aligning

Author: Nathan Elliott, Director, Professional Services, J2 Interactive Civitas Networks for Health® is a national collaborative of member organizations working to use health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health. We were in Anaheim, California, this year for the Civitas Networks for Health 2025 Annual Conference. Join us as we recap […]