Circle Connections: Tech Updates CurrentCare, the statewide health information exchange (HIE) of Rhode Island, is the first in the nation to exchange behavioral health and substance abuse treatment data, allowing for greater communication and coordination of care for patients. Two healthcare organizations in the small state have transmitted their first behavioral health records to the HIE, an achievement that Laura Adams, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), called a "major milestone." CurrentCare is an opt-in service, which makes it easier to add sensitive data like psychiatric history and substance abuse records to an exchange, since . . .

Circle Connections: Tech Updates CurrentCare, the statewide health information exchange (HIE) of Rhode Island, is the first in the nation to exchange behavioral health and substance abuse treatment data, allowing for greater communication and coordination of care for patients. Two healthcare organizations in the small state have transmitted their first behavioral health records to the HIE, an achievement that Laura Adams, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI), called a "major milestone." CurrentCare is an opt-in service, which makes it easier to add sensitive data like psychiatric history and substance abuse records to an exchange, since . . .