Health Information Exchange:

The need for standardsBy: 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

Thus improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care. HIE is highly supported by Government funds, therefore the future is

bright.

HIE IssuesTests results/records may be too easily accessedThere is a need for users to learn about HIE

before using them.Constant growth and changeEnormous amount of

unused/unwanted dataPatient privacy/security issues

SolutionHealth Information Technology (HIT) Policy

Committee and HIT Standards Committee In relations with the National CoordinatorWorking together to solve issuesThe HIT Policy Committee has different

workgroups actively involved in different aspects of health IT policy.

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.

General OverviewElectronic 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