LANES is a state-designated health information network (QHIO) that helps providers across Southern California securely share your health information so they can see a more complete picture of your care and make better-informed decisions. See if your provider participates in LANES.
If your provider participates in LANES, they can access important details about your care and you can easily and securely download a copy of your medical records. Ask your provider about LANES if you don’t see this on our list.
LANES has partnered with Selfii for patient security, identity verification, and to deliver patients their medical records.
Any adult with a valid ID can use a smartphone to create an account, verify their identity, and download their records, free of charge.
You may also see information from other providers across the country if they are connected to national networks.
You can also request access to your medical records directly. For minors or patients without a valid ID, please contact your provider directly.
Data sharing benefits individual patients by making healthcare more connected, timely, and informed as people move between doctors, hospitals, behavioral health providers, specialists, pharmacies, and community-based organizations. Along the way, your data is kept private, safe, and protected by LANES and its participants.
Providers get access to LANES patients’ data only when they have a relationship with the patient for the purpose of Treatment, Payment and Operation. LANES only exchanges health information with healthcare organizations that have been vetted and also adhere to HIPAA laws. In addition, only providers who have signed the LANES Data Exchange Participation Agreement (DEPA) or are participating in eHealth Exchange or CareQuality will have access to some of the health information data on LANES. LANES does not sell or provide health information to third parties nor commercial organizations.
In alignment with data sharing standards and requirements by the CalHHS Data Sharing Agreement (DSA), LANES shares and receives patient health and social services data with other QHIOs and national networks such as eHealth Exchange and CareQuality. This effort will amplify the power of data to improve care coordination and patient health outcomes.
LANES collects and stores behavioral and sensitive data in its clinical data repository and uses a data segmentation approach and firewalls to protect patient sensitive data. Since behavioral health information is necessary to provide the best possible care to patients, it will only be available for healthcare providers to use when a) patient consent is obtained and b) providers “break the glass” to gain access to the data that is sensitive in nature. Patient sensitive data is only available to LANES participating providers and not shared with QHIOs or National Networks.
The most common types of health information shared are:
Participants may also choose to provide additional information they consider important for other healthcare providers to know when treating their patients.
LANES as well as its participating organizations and partners must abide by State and Federal privacy laws, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, the Privacy Act of 1974, and the security provisions for health information in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Only participating health care providers who are authorized by HIPPA laws to view patient health records will have privileges to access LANES HIE. Routine audits are also performed to ensure compliance to applicable laws and user agreements.
LANES Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is designated to oversee comprehensive information security and privacy program, including a robust risk management program. LANES uses state-of-the-art information technology to keep health information safe and secure. LANES system is hosted in a Certified SOC II Type II, HITRUST CSF, data centers with redundant locations in Southern California and Colorado. LANES uses secure networks and environments with strong SHA 256 encryption for data in transit and rest; and administers security controls administered on network and environments that are tested and validated, such as Data Loss Prevention, Multi-factor Authentication protocols, Annual penetration testing.
Yes. LANES complies with all federal and state regulations regarding the exchange of protected health information (PHI), behavioral health data and substance abuse data (also known as “42 CFR Part 2 data.) These regulations place security and privacy requirements on LANES that govern and safeguard how and why LANES may receive and exchange these sorts of data. LANES only receives these types of data with patient consent in place with the provider organization. All LANES participants must be Qualified Service Organizations to exchange behavioral health and substance abuse data. Participants must have an established relationship with patients to query these records with this data type, and utilize this information for continuity of care.
As a public benefit organization, LANES is focused on developing data services and solutions to solve local and regional problems for providers. In addition, LANES is the only QHIO maintaining a rich set of clinical, behavioral, and SDoH data from a broad range of care providers in Los Angeles.
An important differentiation is LANES Governance and the Board of Directors, which is made up of the Los Angeles community healthcare organizations. The Board defines and establishes LANES’ strategic plans and road map and data usage policies based on the needs of the providers and patients in Los Angeles. In addition, LANES has four Advisory Committees, with members consisting of existing participants. Current committees include Executive Management Group, Finance, Data Governance, and Privacy & Security. In summary, Los Angeles healthcare stakeholders are involved in the operation and direction of LANES.
As a local HIE/QHIO, LANES is focused on connecting and sharing data with all types of care delivery providers in Los Angeles County including primary care providers, specialists, hospitals, health plans, SNFs, long term care and labs.
LANES has exclusive access to the County Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Mental Health (DMH). LANES provides behavioral health information to complement a patient’s physical medical record.
In addition, the LANES clinical support team is responsible for training and coaching your staff and clinicians on how to leverage LANES data and toolsets for improved patient experience, clinical outcomes, and population health management. The clinical support services are ongoing and customized according to your goals and priorities. We work with your CMO, other executives, case managers, care coordinators, and clinical support staff to improve the quality of care initiatives.
The National Networks, such as eHealth Exchange and CareQuality, only offer one type of service, which is a CCDA document. LANES offers a wide range of services, including Admit, Discharge, Transfer from any care setting, event notifications for transition of care planning and care coordination, risk stratification, risk adjustments, population health, CCDA, HEDIS and Clinical Quality reports. In addition, LANES has developed toolsets to assist with managing the ECM populations. In summary, LANES central data repository platform contains a rich set of patient clinical information that no other HIEs or HIOs can offer. LANES patient matching technology is superior to the National Networks. In addition, LANES clinical data is of higher quality providing accurate patient information and reports. Plus, LANES has a team dedicated to assisting healthcare organizations improving clinical quality using the data compiled from LANES data repository.
LANES delivers a wide array of services that will result in a ROI for every participant. LANES supports this statement by providing two business use cases where we track and measure results and prove ROI during the initial two-year agreement term.
LANES is an opt-out HIE/QHIO, meaning by default, patients’ data is shared. Patient data is available for access by authenticated LANES participants unless the patient elects to opt-out of sharing.
Once patients are notified by your office that you are participating in LANES health information exchange, nothing is required by patients who wish to participate because they are by default opted-in.
LANES is an opt-out organization, meaning that patient consent is sent electronically to LANES along with other data from EHR systems connected to LANES. A patient may choose not to share data with LANES by signing a specific opt-out form with their providers to restrict the exchange of their personal health records with LANES.
Patients should understand that if they opt-out of the health information exchange they will limit providers’ ability to provide the best possible care. By opting out of the health information exchange, they also accept the risks associated with that decision. Their health information will continue to be shared among providers and health plans through other means, such as mail, fax, or secure e-mail. In other words, opting out of the health information exchange will not prevent providers from seeing their complete medical records.
LANES may exchange protected health information (PHI) in compliance with HIPAA regulations for payment, treatment and operations permissible uses. All participant organizations sign a Data Exchange Participation Agreement (DEPA) Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with LANES, which mandates compliance with HIPAA. LANES may exchange behavioral health and substance abuse data with any participant organizations in the network that have executed a Qualified Service Organization Agreement, which permits the exchange of behavioral health and substance abuse data for continuity of care.
Users will utilize the QR code above to navigate to Selfiie.me. There they will be greeted with a Welcome screen
After hitting Continue users will be shown brief instructions of next steps.
Next the user will be asked to consent to the Selfiie Terms of Service.
After agreeing to the terms, Selfiie will create a text on the user’s phone that will be sent to Selfiie to complete the onboarding process via a one time code.
Next the user will be directed to Clear for Identity Proofing.
Clear will request basic information, like mobile number and email address.
After collecting this information the user will be asked to take a selfie.
Then the user will be asked to scan their government issued ID.
After the user’s identity has been verified, they will be redirected to Selfiie.
Then the user will be automatically redirected to Selfiie.com.
The service will search for the user s records, in the meantime it is suggested that the user bookmark the page to return
When records are found they will be available as both human and machine readable versions.
Your raw data, usually in the form of a CCDA, will take some time to process. Eventually your data will display in a timeline view from oldest to most recent events at the top. There will also be an AI generated patient summary at the top. Please contact if there are any inconsistencies with your displayed data.
You are in charge of how your data is exchanged. LANES uses an “opt-out” model, meaning that if you do not want your information shared with our QHIO, you can tell your provider not to share information.
The responsibility for managing your consent (i.e., opt-in or opt-out) status is with your health care provider as the Covered Entity per the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Your health care provider is required to inform you of your rights regarding participation in the Health Information Exchange (HIE), which can usually be found in their Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP), generally presented to you during the admission or registration process. Patients update their consent preferences with their health care providers. That health care provider then informs LANES of the change of consent, which is then coded into the system.
By opting out of the HIE, your patient record is no longer accessible by any provider or participant in the LANES HIE network. There are certain scenarios in which HIE participants may access your data by exception only if you have opted out of LANES. The State of California, County of Los Angeles, and HIPAA have certain requirements regarding disclosure of protected health information for public health management and other particular public safety matters.
Please note that if you opt out of the HIE, you will be limiting your providers to have real-time access through LANES to critical information that could affect your treatment, especially in an emergency. Your information may continue to be shared among your providers and health plans through other means, such as mail, fax, or secure e-mails. LANES was just another tool for them to obtain the necessary information faster. You can always choose to opt back in at any time.
If you still wish to opt out, please contact your care providers.