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Interoperability & Sharing Health Care Data

Interoperability means making sure your information can be shared safely and easily between the different systems involved in your health care. Part of interoperability includes making it easy for you to decide who can access your data. This helps make sure you get better, more effective care from doctors.

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How can I keep my health data safe?

One of the first steps to keeping your health data safe is choosing who you share it with. Your health data is private. It's important to think about who you want to have it:

  • Know who can see your health data and how to share it with them
  • Learn how you or your personal representative can choose to share data or update past choices
  • Find helpful FAQs about health data access

What health data will be shared?

If you let us share your health data, we share information such as:

  • Name, birth date, contact info
  • Health insurance info
  • Claims info
  • Autorizaciones previas
  • Pruebas de laboratorio
  • Procedimientos
  • Condiciones
  • Vacunación
  • Doctor and hospital visits

Data may also include clinical information, such as diagnoses and medical treatments, including treatment for substance use disorders, mental health treatment, HIV status, or other sensitive info.

How to Share Health Data

Decide if you want to share your health data. Members can access certain health data through third party Apps of their choice. Members can also make their health data available to in-network health care providers and from other health plans. Data is shared through an application programming interface (API) that we maintain.

Note: If you choose to not share or to stop sharing, existing laws, such as HIPAA or state law, may still allow providers and health plans to request and receive certain information.

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Third-party apps you choose

You can access your health data by downloading an App you choose to your smart phone, tablet, computer or other similar device.

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Your doctors

You can choose to have us share your health data with in-network health care providers. Allowing your data to be shared with providers can help them with your care coordination.

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Other health plans

You can choose whether we can request and share your health data from your prior health plan or other health plans you may have. We will add this data into your patient record with us. Allowing us to request and share data can help with continuity of care. (Note: Enrollment for data request and sharing not available for self-funded group health plan members.)

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How to Manage Data Sharing with Third-Party Apps

You can access your health data with a third-party app of your choice. If you choose to use an app to access your health data, you must give us consent. This will authorize us to complete your request and make your data available.
 
Learn more about Choosing an Application to Access Your Health Information.

To give us consent to share your data with the third-party app, log into your member online account via the "Log in to Start" button below. También puede llamar al número que aparece en su tarjeta de asegurado.

You can stop sharing data at any time in your member online account or call the number on your member ID card.

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Consent to Data Sharing With Your Doctors

Your health data is automatically shared with in-network health care providers who have a treatment relationship with you unless and until you choose to stop sharing.

To stop sharing your data, you have 2 options:

  1. Log into the BCBSIL App on your phone or tablet. Once you log in, you'll be prompted to update your data sharing settings. You can also make changes in Account Settings.
  2. Llame al número que se encuentra en su tarjeta de asegurado.
If you chose to stop having your data shared, you can choose to allow data sharing at any time. You can do this through the BCBSIL App or call the number on your member ID card.

Learn more about the BCBSIL App, and if you haven’t already, how to download it.


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Consent to Data Sharing With Other Insurers

You choose whether we can request and share your health data from your previous health plan or other health plans you may have. You can do this at any time. There are 2 ways you can do this:

  1. Log into the BCBSIL App on your phone or tablet. Once you log in, you'll be prompted to update your data sharing settings. You can also make changes in Account Settings.
  2. Llame al número que se encuentra en su tarjeta de asegurado.
If you chose to have us request and share your data, you can choose to stop at any time. You can do this through the BCBSIL App or call the number on your member ID card.
Learn more about the BCBSIL App, and if you haven’t already, how to download it.

(Note: Enrollment for data request and sharing not available for self-funded group health plan members.)

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Interoperability & Sharing Health Care Data

Interoperabilidad allows health data to be shared between different systems involved in your care.

Sharing health data may:

  • Help your doctors and us manage your care
  • Improve completeness of your records if you change health plans
  • Inform decision making about your care
You have the choice of who you share your data with. 

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