Kentucky making data on foster children interoperable

LAS VEGAS – The Commonwealth of Kentucky saw a need: Foster children often have complex health needs, and in order to more effectively address them, it established the Health Information Data Sharing (KHIDS) initiative, an effort that seeks to ameliorate the lack of health data sharing among vulnerable youths.

Andrew Bledsoe, deputy executive director of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, said the need for such an effort was urgent. Currently, there are about…