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Streamlining Healthcare Delivery Across California's Care Continuum

Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES) is a nonprofit, community driven Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) network. We enable comprehensive health data, clinical data insights and population health capabilities at the point of care throughout California’s healthcare ecosystem.

What is a QHIO?

A Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) is defined by California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) as an organization that facilitates the secure exchange of health and social services information, assisting Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) Signatories to adhere to the DxF requirements. QHIOs are designated by CalHHS after a vetting process to ensure they have the highest security and technology infrastructure to support DSA signatories. There are nine QHIOs in California. Although all nine QHIO can facilitate data exchange according to the DxF policy and procedure, LANES offers additional data services to support local and regional use cases empowering clinicians to provide the best possible care.

How Regional QHIOs Work with State and National HIOs

While national health information organizations (HIOs) help with coordinating patient care and access to patient information from other facilities, they fall short in their ability to enhance workflow efficiency or improve clinical quality and outcomes.

Regional and local QHIOs collaboratively and independently provide unmatched access to relevant county and other public health resources, completing the full continuum of care down to the local level. This “final mile” approach to synthesized, detailed, high quality, and current data helps care providers respond more quickly and effectively.

The strengths identified within both national networks and regional/local QHIOs make them a formidable match in a comprehensive ecosystem.
If you already have a national HIO, it’s important to know that a national HIO alone may not satisfy the California Data Exchange Framework (DxF) mandate. A regional QHIO will ensure compliance with the mandate while also delivering the highest quality clinical support due to local network data reliability, accessibility, and accuracy.

Mission

Enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes by providing secure platforms to bridge gaps in the healthcare ecosystem and support care providers.

Vision

Transform healthcare by empowering care providers with timely patient insights through innovative technology.

Guiding Principles

Through partnership, collaboration and engagement with California’s stakeholder ecosystem, facilitate strategic and operational improvements for LANES provider participants and payers to build a more sustainable regional healthcare delivery system.