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Worcester Board of Health backs citywide health data exchange and will send outreach letter to providers
Summary
Board members voted unanimously to support the Worcester Integrated Health Data Exchange, which aggregates de-identified near-real-time data from participating health systems, and directed staff to send a letter encouraging participation by local providers.
The Worcester Board of Health on July 28 unanimously voted to support the Worcester Integrated Health Data Exchange (WIDE) and to send a letter from the board to local health organizations encouraging participation.
Dr. Michael Tsai, representing the project team from UMass Chan Medical School, described WIDE as a near-real-time, citywide platform that combines standardized, de-identified electronic health record data from participating health systems into interactive dashboards. "The dashboards update daily and can be used to identify gaps in screening and treatment, drill down to demographic groups and neighborhoods, and support targeted interventions,"…
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