Health information exchange (HIE) is the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system. In practice the term HIE may also refer to the organization that facilitates the exchange.
HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information among disparate health care information systems while maintaining the meaning of the information being exchanged. The goal of HIE is to facilitate access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer and more timely, efficient, effective, and equitable patient-centered care. HIE is also useful to public health authorities to assist in analyses of the health of the population.
HIE systems facilitate the efforts of physicians and clinicians to meet high standards of patient care through electronic participation in a patient's continuity of care with multiple providers. Secondary health care provider benefits include reduced expenses associated with:
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Medical Insurance Information Systems in China: Mixed Methods Study
JMIR Med Inform 2020 (Sep 01); 8(9):e18780
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Adoption of an Electronic Patient Record Sharing Pilot Project: Cross-Sectional Survey
J Med Internet Res 2020 (Apr 06); 22(4):e13761
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