Statewide HIE / Health Data Utility
SCeHA is South Carolina's statewide health information exchange and emerging health data utility, operated by Health Sciences South Carolina on the CRISP Shared Services platform and connected to the nation through the eHealth Exchange QHIN. Whether you deliver care, pay for it, regulate it, or study it — you belong here.
Why participate
Every day in South Carolina, providers see patients whose records live somewhere else — in another hospital, another clinic, a specialist across town, a national network. SCeHA solves that. One participation agreement gives you real-time access to a longitudinal record built from your peers across the state and from the eHealth Exchange, Carequality, and CommonWell nationally.
"Findings from more than a decade of HIE evaluation studies suggest HIE benefits providers, payers, and patients through reductions in duplicative testing, improved care coordination, and better public-health surveillance."
Adapted from AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, PMC/NIHWho we serve
Whether you deliver care, coordinate it, pay for it, regulate it, or study it — SCeHA is built to meet you where you are. Click your category to see the specific value, services, evidence, and pricing structure that apply to you.
Acute-care, rural and critical-access hospitals, hospital-owned ambulatory networks, EDs, and hospital labs. Reduce readmissions, meet CMS event notification requirements, and cut interface costs.
See the hospital value case → 02 · Care DeliveryPrimary care, specialty practices, ASCs, urgent care, FQHCs and RHCs, school-based and free clinics. One connection replaces many EHR interfaces — with statewide and national reach.
See the ambulatory value case → 03 · Care DeliverySkilled nursing, LTAC, acute and subacute rehab, home health, hospice, palliative care, and EMS. Close the transitions-of-care gap and support med reconciliation with real-time ADT.
See the LTPAC value case → 04 · Whole-Person CareCommunity mental health, Act 301 agencies, SUD treatment providers, and retail, rural, and PBM pharmacy partners. Integrated flows for consent-controlled data, PDMP, and MTM.
See the behavioral & pharmacy case → 05 · Value & PaymentMedicaid MCOs, commercial and Blues plans, Medicare Advantage, TPAs, ACOs, and self-insured employers. Reduce avoidable utilization, close gaps, and satisfy CMS interoperability rules.
See the payer & ACO case → 06 · Public SectorSCDHHS, DPH, DMH, DAODAS, DSS, Corrections, PDMP, vital records, and legislative offices. Shared infrastructure eligible for MES federal financial participation at enhanced match.
See the state & Medicaid case → 07 · InteroperabilityCMS, ONC/ASTP, CDC, HRSA, SAMHSA, VA, DoD, IHS, and TEFCA QHINs. SCeHA is South Carolina's on-ramp for national exchange, public-health modernization, and federal use cases.
See the federal & national case → 08 · Research & CommunityAcademic medical centers, universities, quality collaboratives, life-sciences and RWE users, CBOs, and community information exchanges. Governed access to statewide data for approved purposes.
See the academic & community case →Core services
SCeHA is built on the CRISP Shared Services platform. Every service is bundled into standard participation; the templated ADT alert feed is an optional add-on.
Secure web-based access at MySCeHA.org to a patient's longitudinal record, aggregated from every SCeHA participant and the national networks.
Single-sign-on launch of the provider portal from inside your EHR with patient context preloaded — Epic, Cerner, Athena, eClinicalWorks, and more.
Near-real-time templated ADT alerts when your attributed patients are admitted, discharged, or transferred — the CMS Condition of Participation cornerstone.
Portal-based analytics view (CEND) that turns encounter history into actionable population-health and care-coordination insight.
EHR-integrated query pulls patient records directly into your clinical workflow from Direct Connect and the Member Network.
Encrypted, standards-based provider-to-provider messaging that satisfies HIPAA, meaningful-use, and closed-loop-referral requirements.
For patients
Your doctor or healthcare provider may have joined the South Carolina eHealth Alliance (SCeHA). This section explains how your electronic health information may be used or shared, and with whom it may be shared.
SCeHA enables your doctor to share your medical history — including labs, medications, allergies, diagnoses, and procedures — with other healthcare providers involved in your care. It is a secure network that ensures your personal health information is available to your doctors and other healthcare providers when needed.
By allowing your doctors and other healthcare providers to use and share your personal health information through SCeHA:
Your privacy and personal health information are protected by federal and state laws, which also govern how your electronic health information is used or shared through SCeHA. Your healthcare providers will use and share your electronic health information with other providers involved in your care to provide, coordinate, or manage your healthcare and related services.
SCeHA members include licensed healthcare providers in South Carolina — medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. They also include organizations such as hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, home health agencies, pharmacies, case management providers, telemonitoring providers, health information exchanges, and organizations where eligible individuals practice.
To request an accounting of disclosures of your electronic health information, please use one of the options below.
If you would like to opt out of SCeHA, please complete the online form below. Opting out means your electronic health information will not be shared through SCeHA.
Questions about your rights or how your data is used? See the SCeHA privacy policy or contact SCeHA.
The evidence base
Systematic reviews of HIE studies consistently find reductions in redundant laboratory and imaging tests when providers can view outside results at the point of care.
AMIA / NIH review →Payer-perspective analysis estimates advanced HIE prevents avoidable inpatient admissions and reduces ED overutilization — a shared win for providers and health plans.
POCP Payer Toolkit →Public-health agencies report improved surveillance efficiency and expanded access to clinical and demographic data through active HIE participation.
American Journal of Public Health →Civitas Networks for Health defines the HDU model — cooperative leadership, designated authority, and advanced technical capabilities across clinical, non-clinical, administrative, and public-health data.
Civitas HDU Framework →CMS guidance permits Medicaid Enterprise Systems federal financial participation to support shared HIE infrastructure at an enhanced federal-match rate.
CMS Medicaid HIE / FFP →SCeHA participates in TEFCA through the eHealth Exchange QHIN via CRISP Shared Services, extending your one connection to a nationwide network of QHIN-connected participants.
eHealth Exchange →About the Alliance
SCeHA is the consolidation of two long-running South Carolina exchange initiatives — the Carolina eHealth Alliance (CeHA), established in 2007–08 with founding funding from The Duke Endowment, and the South Carolina Health Information Exchange (SCHIEx), launched in 2009 with HITECH funding for statewide coverage. Health Sciences South Carolina assumed administrative oversight in 2015 and 2020, and in 2024 the two combined to form SCeHA on the CRISP Shared Services platform.
Today the Alliance is a nonprofit-governed, TEFCA-connected utility positioned to serve as South Carolina's designated Health Data Utility — supporting treatment, care coordination, quality improvement, and community and public-health purposes.
Read the full SCeHA history →| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2007–08 | CeHA — Carolina eHealth Alliance established with Duke Endowment funding, serving the SC Low Country. |
| 2009 | SCHIEx — Statewide HIE launched with HITECH funding. |
| 2015 / 2020 | HSSC Oversight — Health Sciences South Carolina assumes administrative oversight of CeHA (2015) and SCHIEx (2020). |
| 2024– | SCeHA — CeHA and SCHIEx consolidated onto CRISP Shared Services with participant funding to establish a statewide HDU. |
Frequently asked
Standard participation includes the Provider Portal, InContext EHR launch, Population Explorer, and Query & Retrieve. The templated ADT Encounter Notification Service is an optional add-on. Larger organizations can negotiate tiered pricing.
No. InContext integrates directly with Epic, Cerner, Athena, eClinicalWorks, and many others. If your EHR isn't yet integrated, you can access the same data through the secure web-based Provider Portal.
SCeHA sits on CRISP Shared Services, which participates in TEFCA through the eHealth Exchange QHIN. That means one SCeHA connection reaches the eHealth Exchange, Carequality, and CommonWell nationally.
The CRISP Shared Services platform is independently audited against HIPAA/HITECH, SOC 2 Type II, and HITRUST standards, and SCeHA maintains DirectTrust and EHNAC accreditations.
Bi-directional participants contribute ADT, CCDs, and external labs; internal labs and additional data are contributed when available. Unidirectional participants without a patient relationship (e.g., some ACO/MCO models) share eligibility and panel data instead.
Physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, chiropractors, and top-of-license APPs: $292 per provider annually. Hospitals: $167 per staffed bed. Skilled nursing / LTAC / rehab / hospice: $84 per staffed bed. MCOs: tiered PMPM. State agencies and non-standard organizations: negotiated. Larger organizations qualify for tiered discounts.
Ready to participate?
Tell us about your organization and a SCeHA representative will guide you through onboarding, integration, and go-live. Standard participation typically activates within 60–90 days.
Start the sign-up process →Prefer to talk first? Contact us directly.
