We are a nonprofit organization facilitating comprehensive health data sharing and utility tools to improve the health and wellbeing of all Alaskans.
11/20/2025
We’re excited to share a new training resource designed to help network participants learn how to access and use the HIE Portal with confidence.
Our training video and step-by-step PDF guide walk you through:
🔹 How to launch the HIE Portal
🔹 How to look up patients
🔹 How to find key clinical information and patient history
Explore these tools and browse our full Resource Library to discover more videos and guides.
Did you know that healthEconnect Alaska offers an online Resource Library for our HIE network participants? You’ll find:
• How-to PDF guides
• Tutorial videos
• Release notes
• Provider and patient FAQs
Explore resources by topic or media type, and stay up to date on the latest improvements supporting connected care across Alaska. We’re continuing to add new resources regularly, so check back often!
healthEconnectAK.org/Resources
10/16/2025
healthEconnect Alaska is seeking an experienced healthcare professional who thrives on building relationships, supporting others, and driving healthcare efficiency. If you have at least five years of professional healthcare experience, a strong understanding of healthcare workflows, and a passion for whole-person care, we want to hear from you.
This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized, thrives on fostering relationships, enjoys managing multiple projects, and has an affinity for technology. You’ll collaborate with partners across Alaska to improve care coordination, support creative problem-solving, and help advance health system transformation through the use of technology.
We offer a flexible work environment, meaningful impact, and the opportunity to grow your skills in health information exchange while working as part of a supportive, mission-driven team.
How can health information exchange (HIE) improve public health in Alaska?
In the Alaska HIE Summit session, “Public Health Applications of HIE,” you’ll hear about how healthEconnect is helping prevent infectious disease and opioid misuse, supporting death investigations, and enabling timely provider communication. Session presenters include:
🔵 Eliza Ramsey – Data Specialist, Alaska Department of Health
🔵 Jessica Downes – Director of Population Health, Envoy Integrated Health
🔵 Ann’e Garner – Operations Administrator, State Medical Examiner Office
🔵 Liz Ohlsen – Staff Physician, Alaska Department of Health
🔵 Lisa Sherrell – PDMP Manager, Alaska Division of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing
What has value-based care taught us over the past decade and where is it headed next?
Join Aisha Pittman, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the National Association of ACOs, for the Alaska HIE Summit session, “Value-Based Care: Past Lessons, Present Realities, and Future Directions.”
We’ll explore the evolution of value-based care and accountable care, including what’s worked, what’s been hard, and what’s next. With new federal priorities taking shape, this session will look ahead at the future of payment and delivery reform and what it means for providers, policymakers, and patients.
The Alaska Health Information Exchange Summit is just 3 weeks away!
📅 Date: August 28, 2025
🔗 Register: healthEconnectAK.org/Summit
07/31/2025
The Alaska HIE Summit is happening August 28!
Join Nichole Sweeney, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at CRISP Shared Services, for the session, "Law or Lore: Patient Consent, Data Governance, and Health Information Exchange."
What do privacy rights really mean when patients sign those stacks of forms at the doctor’s office? This session dives into what the law permits, what requires affirmative consent, and how Alaska’s HIE adds extra protections for patients, providers, and data users.
Walk away with clarity on the legal realities vs. common myths of data sharing in health care.
📅 Date: August 28, 2025
🔗 Register: healthEconnectAK.org/Summit
07/24/2025
The Alaska Health Information Exchange Summit is taking place August 28, bringing together leaders from across the state to discuss how data, technology, and collaboration are shaping the future of health care in Alaska.
Don’t miss the session, "State of Alaska, Department of Health: Health Priorities & the Power of Connection," featuring:
• Heidi Hedberg, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Health
•Jason Ball, Chief Health Data Officer, Alaska Department of Health
In this session, state health leaders will share current priorities and offer updates on strategic initiatives introduced at last year’s Summit. Learn how the Department is using health information exchange to align public health, policy, and care delivery—and how data continues to power meaningful connections across the system.
📅 Date: August 28, 2025
🔗 Register: healthEconnectAK.org/Summit
07/17/2025
Join us for the HIE Summit session, “HIE in Action: Everyday Journeys Through Alaska’s Health System,” where we’ll explore what’s next at the intersection of health data exchange and artificial intelligence.
Hear from national and state leaders, including:
• Ryan Bramble, COO of CRISP Shared Services
•Jay Nakashima, President of eHealth Exchange
•Dr. Anne Zink, Senior Fellow at Yale
Together, they’ll examine the rapid acceleration of health information exchange and the rise of AI tools like large language models (LLMs). What could it look like when treatment-based queries pull real-time data and return AI-driven insights in seconds? What policies, safeguards, and governance will be essential to make this future work for Alaska?
📅 Date: August 28, 2025
🔗 Register: healthEconnectAK.org/Summit
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Established in 2009, healtheConnect Alaska began its mission as Alaska eHealth Network. Like many health information exchanges across the country, ambitious strategies were put in place to develop a robust, two-way exchange of complete patient records.
Big changes don’t happen overnight, technology doesn’t always work the way it’s supposed to, and the healthcare market has been fraught with volatility. Alaska eHealth Network made some progress. And also came up against barriers and challenges.
Today
Alaska eHealth Network is healtheConnect Alaska. Like our predecessor, we have the same vision for meaningful healthcare sharing throughout Alaska. We have new leadership and staff members, new technology partners and infrastructure, and a new sustainability plan grounded in a customer-centric, value-rich, highly engaged approach to ensure the community’s voice is heard and their data sharing needs are met.
Fully connecting the Alaska healthcare community will take time and continued effort. Our commitment to offering meaningful health sharing services and forging healthcare alliances throughout Alaska and the patient community continues.
Health Information Exchange happens at the speed of trust.
