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Health Information Exchange: The need for standards

Health Information Exchange: The need for standards. By: Emily Kneeream. General Overview. Electronic Health Information Exchange (HIE) HIE provides Health Care providers and their patients a way to access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically

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Health Information Exchange: The need for standards

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  1. Health Information Exchange: The need for standards By: Emily Kneeream

  2. General Overview • Electronic Health Information Exchange (HIE) • HIE provides Health Care providers and their patients a way to access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically • Thus improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care. • HIE is highly supported by Government funds, therefore the future is bright.

  3. HIE Issues • Tests results/records may be too easily accessed • There is a need for users to learn about HIE before using them. • Constant growth and change • Enormous amount of unused/unwanted data • Patient privacy/security issues

  4. Solution • Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee • In relations with the National Coordinator • Working together to solve issues • The HIT Policy Committee has different workgroups actively involved in different aspects of health IT policy.

  5. Work Cited Claudia Williams, Farzad Mostashari, Kory Mertz, Emily Hogin and Parmeeth Atwal. From The Office Of The National Coordinator: The Strategy For Advancing The Exchange Of Health Information. Health Affairs, 31, no.3 (2012):527-53. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. “Health Information Exchange Roadmap.” National ehealth Collaboration (2012): 3-7. Web. 20 Jan. 2014.

  6. General Overview • Electronic Health Information Exchange (HIE) • Provides access/sharing of patient’s medical information electronically • Improves speed, quality, safety, cost of patient care. • Supported by Government funds Physician using HIE technology

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