Articles on Health Information Exchange


Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are a crucial piece of the solution to the healthcare interoperability problem – the lack of data Image from iStockphotosharing among healthcare information systems. This article from HealthIT.gov, the website from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), is an excellent to introduction to HIEs and their role in sharing health information for the benefit of providers and patients. This article from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) blog discusses HIEs from the perspective of patients and presents the benefits for more widespread adoption of shared information available from HIEs by patients.