Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
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By Matt Fisher – The concept of HIEs is not new for healthcare. States, regions and other collections of healthcare entities have been attempting to scale up HIEs for years. Listen to the on demand episode of Healthcare de Jure where Teresa Rivera, the President and CEO of UHIN discusses these issues with Matt.
By Teresa Rivera – When you think of health information exchange (HIE), you probably envision doctors receiving hospital admission and discharge alerts, or accessing critical medical records.
The Idaho Health Data Exchange and UHIN, the state-designated HIE in Utah, have connected to exchange admission, discharge and transfer notifications for patients who live in one of the states but have a medical encounter in the other state.
The Health Information Exchanges (HIE) in Nebraska, Nevada and Utah have connected to exchange admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) notifications for patients living in one of the states but seeking care in one of the other states.
HIE) come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. These Health Information Organizations are reporting news: VT Information Technology Leaders, MO Health Connect, UT HIN, KS HIN, and AZ Health-eConnection.