State pushes for health information exchange improvements

A sign outside Vermont Information Technology Leaders’ office in Montpelier.A few months after receiving a scathing report about Vermont’s health information exchange network, state officials have begun taking steps to improve the system.
The Department of Vermont Health Access and Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), the network’s Burlington-based operator, are working together on short- and long-term fixes designed to make the patient record database more usable and