Attestation Landscape

The summaries below provide an overview of the results of Mass HIway attestations from prior years. This represents the progress made by Massachusetts healthcare organizations in meeting the Mass HIway Regulations.

Summary of 2020 Attestations

Nearly 500 organizations submitted attestation or exception forms during the 2020 attestation period. Small Community Health Centers were in year two of the Connection Requirement cycle, Medium/Large Ambulatory Practices and Large Community Health Centers were in year three, and Acute Care Hospitals were in year four.
 
The infographic below shows how many organizations submitted forms, whether they sent and/or received messages, whether they used the Mass HIway directly or indirectly, and the number of messages sent in 2020.

Summary of 2019 Attestations

Nearly 600 organizations attested during the 2019 attestation period. It was the first year that Small Community Health Centers attested. It was year two for Medium and Large Ambulatory Practices and Large Community Health Centers and year three for Acute Care Hospitals. All use cases submitted in 2019 were provider-to-provider communications that were sent and/or received over the Mass HIway.

The infographic below shows how many organizations attested, whether they sent and/or received messages, whether they used the Mass HIway directly or indirectly, and the number of messages sent in 2019.

Summary of 2018 Attestations

546 organizations attested during the 2018 attestation period. It was the first year that Medium and Large Ambulatory Practices and Large Community Health Centers attested. It was year two for Acute Care Hospitals. Use cases submitted in 2018 mostly consisted of provider-to-provider and public-health-reporting communications that were sent and/or received over the Mass HIway.

The infographic below shows how many organizations attested, the types of use cases they reported, whether they sent and/or received messages, whether they used the Mass HIway directly or indirectly, and the number of messages sent in 2018.