Overview#

Electronic Health Information Exchange (HIE) allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically—improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care.

Despite the widespread availability of secure electronic data transfer, most Americans’ medical information is stored on paper—in filing cabinets at various medical offices, or in boxes and folders in patients’ homes.

When that medical information is shared between providers, it happens by mail, fax or—most likely—by patients themselves, who frequently carry their records from appointment to appointment. While electronic health information exchange cannot replace provider-patient communication, it can greatly improve the completeness of patient’s records, (which can have a big effect on care), as past history, current medications and other information is jointly reviewed during visits.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• DirectTrust
• Epic Systems Corporation
• Exchange
• HIE
• Health Information Services Provider
• Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
• Meaningful Use
• NATE
• Nationwide Health Information Network
• The Next Big Thing

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• [#1] - What is HIE? - based on data observed: 2015-05-18