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Providers and privacy advocates press for clear rules, opt‑out protections on statewide HIE (Connie)
Summary
Provider groups, the Office of Health Strategy and stakeholder representatives debated consent policy and operational safeguards for Connecticut's statewide health information exchange (Connie). Concerns focused on incomplete records, opt‑out mechanics, sensitive data exclusion and costs for provider participation.
Office of Health Strategy (OHS) staff and dozens of provider and privacy stakeholders debated the implementation details of Connecticut’s statewide Health Information Exchange (Connie). Sumit Sajnani, the state’s health information technology officer, described Connie as an operating program connected to roughly 3,000 provider locations and said the exchange currently uses an opt‑in consent model for most records, with specific statutory exceptions (for example, parts of substance‑use records are handled under separate federal rules).
Providers and trade groups urged stronger guardrails and practical safeguards before expanding participation or altering consent policy. The main issues raised included:
• Consent mechanics and timing:…
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