Health information exchange (HIE) is defined as the mobilization of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.
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 f
acilitate access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer, more timely, efficient, effective, equitable, patient-centered care. HIE is also useful to Public Health authorities to assist in analyses of the health of the population.
HIE systems are designed to hold several factors in precise balance. The foremost of these factors is the purpose for the medical industry, patient care. Secondly, these systems are designed to help physicians practice medicine. By using HIE, physicians will drastically reduce their own time, stress and expense associated with duplicate tests and missing patient information. According to an internal study at Sushoo Health Information Exchange, a single-clinician practice is wasting the equivalent of $17,160/year in time spent dealing with referrals, consults, radiology and other orders alone. This figure does not represent materials (such as paper, toner and electronic devices) associated with the current method of exchanging health information.
Formal organizations are now emerging to provide both form and function for health information exchange efforts, both on independent and governmental/regional levels.
The latter organizations (often called Regional Health Information Organizations, or RHIOs) are ordinarily geographically-defined entities which develop and manage a set of contractual conventions and terms, arrange for the means of electronic exchange of information, and develop and maintain HIE standards.[1]
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 f
acilitate access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer, more timely, efficient, effective, equitable, patient-centered care. HIE is also useful to Public Health authorities to assist in analyses of the health of the population.HIE systems are designed to hold several factors in precise balance. The foremost of these factors is the purpose for the medical industry, patient care. Secondly, these systems are designed to help physicians practice medicine. By using HIE, physicians will drastically reduce their own time, stress and expense associated with duplicate tests and missing patient information. According to an internal study at Sushoo Health Information Exchange, a single-clinician practice is wasting the equivalent of $17,160/year in time spent dealing with referrals, consults, radiology and other orders alone. This figure does not represent materials (such as paper, toner and electronic devices) associated with the current method of exchanging health information.
Formal organizations are now emerging to provide both form and function for health information exchange efforts, both on independent and governmental/regional levels.
The latter organizations (often called Regional Health Information Organizations, or RHIOs) are ordinarily geographically-defined entities which develop and manage a set of contractual conventions and terms, arrange for the means of electronic exchange of information, and develop and maintain HIE standards.[1]
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