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State health data sharing, HIE and analytics debated; witnesses ask clearer roles and privacy guardrails
Summary
Witnesses at the Health & Welfare Committee urged clearer statutory distinction between interoperability work carried out by the state health information exchange and the broader unified health data space, and recommended aligning data‑sharing decisions with existing data‑use agreements and privacy practices.
Beth Anderson, chief executive of the state health information exchange, told the Health & Welfare Committee that proposed bill language on interoperability and a unified health data space needs clearer separation so each program’s goals and legal constraints are explicit.
Anderson said the draft text bundles HIE interoperability work (electronic health record connections and clinical data flows) with the wider unified health data space goals (integrating non‑clinical data for statewide analytics). She recommended either making the unified health data space provisions…
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