An HIE (health information exchange) allows medical professionals at multiple levels access and share medical information electronically, and within the confines of HIPAA privacy laws. HIE is meant to improve efficiency, speed, quality, and cost of patient care. It is thought by some in the industry that HIE is not able to address recurring challenges associated with rapid technological advancements. The initiative for HIE is being driven by meaningful use requirements, coordination needs for new
The internet is connecting health care organizations, physicians, and patients through an array of elaborate networks. Regardless of the size and type of healthcare organization, stakeholders see the need to share patient information and to make the information readily available for clinical and non-clinical staff. Streamlining the sharing of patient information through electronic health care records increases the quality of care, thus allowing the physician to focus on diagnosing the patient. To
instructive article, Dr. Philip Caillouet focuses on the application of communication and information technologies in the health care industry. Referred to as Health Info Exchange (HIE), Cailloeut outlines the difficulties policymakers have faced in creating a platform of circulation for information on patient’s important medical information and history, virtually. HIE would not only make medical information easily accessible to physicians, but it would improve the overall quality and cost of patient
advances in technology that are coming about rapidly and changing legislative and regulations. The healthcare industry is facing ever-changing threats/challenges with Health Information Exchange (HIE) and must continually improve security measures in place to combat patient data-breach attempts or mismanagement of patient health information (PHI). Thus, healthcare providers must make every effort possible to stay current with changes occurring, by updating old technology and improving
An electronic health information exchange is the sharing of health related information between patients, providers, nursing staff, pharmacists and other health care organizations. The main objective of an electronic health information exchange (HIE) is for patients’ personal health information to be available, accessible, and sharable at any time and to follow them from physician to physician, increasing interoperability while decreasing cost and time. There are many benefits to an organization implementing
that my personal health records could be accessible through an internet-based website or a medical profile that was created by my healthcare professionals. The information will be useful if the foreign doctor is able to translate the records into their spoken language or have resources to translate the medial records. If any reason I do not have access to my personal records, I would contact my family doctor to give verbal consent for the foreign doctor to have access to personal health records for the
Health information exchanges (HIEs), formalized at the state-level by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), were developed under Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009. HIEs are the health information technologies (HITs) that mobilize the interoperability of personal health information (PHI) across providers, healthcare systems, and platforms (Magnuson, 2014). HIE allows healthcare providers and patients to access and securely share health information electronically
RHIOs and the HIE Health Information Exchange (HIE) was introduced by President Bush in 2004 (Kruse, Regier & Rheinboldt, 2014) so it is not a new concept. HIE is instrumental in gaining overall population health as it can lead to a reduction in healthcare costs, increase patient safety, and increase health outcomes. Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) are a conglomerate of healthcare providers and patients in a region that exchange healthcare information with the goal of delivering
currently three major functional forms of health information exchange: • Directed Exchange – facility to send and receive secure data electronically among care providers to strengthen coordinated care • Query-based Exchange – It is the ability for providers to find and request information on a subject from different vendors, which is often used for unplanned care • Consumer Mediated Exchange – ability for patients to regulate the use of their health information among providers The foundation of
The consequences of a health provider 's decision and action can be traced to inaccurate or partial information from the patient or relatives. According to Grinten (2006), medical errors are often the consequence of healthcare providers not having full medical record for the patients they treat, especially in an emergency situation. For this reason and other health related challenges, many healthcare organizations considered it imperative to form regional health information organizations (RHIOs)
AHIMA stands for American Health Information Management Association. This professional association is dedicated to helping health care professionals manage health information to provide better quality health care to the public. AHIMA was founded in 1928 and was known as the Association of Record Librarians of North America. Their headquarters is in Illinois and they serve more than 103,300 health information professionals and is serving 52 affiliated component state associations. AHIMA Is committed
According to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (2008) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (2012), the personal health record (PHR) is defined as the individual lifelong electronic health records. Its features are electronic, readily available, personal control, standardization, resource sharing, and portability. Although the PCEHR is currently being implemented in several countries of the world, it still has many controversial disadvantages. Hoy
Information technology has made important achievements to our world, namely in the medical industry. With the increased use of electronic medical records (EMR), and mobile technologies like tablets and smart phones, making health information available electronically when and where it is needed. physicians and patients are both seeing the benefits that these new medical technologies are bringing. Health information technology provides healthcare providers by accurate and complete information about
patient satisfaction . Also, given that paper records are so easy to come across, being able to secure patient privacy records allows the health organization to be more secure as a whole. Mailing important information can sometimes take up to a week for the receiver to get the information, but with health informatics with just a click of a button, information is transferred and received. Before the technological advances we have today, physicians would hand-write orders and prescriptions. This could
Health Information Managers are specially trained professional within the healthcare field who handle confidential patient medical and health records. Managers are tasked with keeping all records secure and responsible for the safe handling of all healthcare informatics as well as updating and documenting new events into patient records as need in addition to managing the information contained within the patient files, the health information managers are responsible for safety and secure storage
“Health information management (HIM) has been a health profession since 1928” (Sayles 4). The purpose of the HIM profession is “to ensure the quality, confidentiality, and availability of health information across diverse organizations, settings, and disciplines” (Sayles 4). Over several years the name of the HIM organization has changed. The association is now known as Health Information Management Association. In the HIM degree there are several different certification programs including: Registered
According to the American Health Information Management Association, Health information is the data related to a person’s medical history, including symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and outcomes. Health information records include patient histories, lab results, x-rays, clinical information, and notes. The data can be analyzed to see how a patient’s health might have changed. I took interest in Health Information Management when it was brought to my attention by a doctor. He told me that is a very
Introduction Regional Health Information Organization also known as RHIO is the Health Information Exchange Organization which sits under the Nationwide Health Information Network. NHIN describes technologies, standards, laws, policies, programs, and practices that enable health information to be shared. The purpose of the RHIO organization is to facilitate a health information exchange; which is the transfer of healthcare information electronically across organizations. The reason for HIE is to
increasing continuum of care, and increases in information technology (IT). There are many influences that are creating this need for change including laws, regulations, and the consumers of the healthcare system. The consumer is beginning to take charge of their health and become an advocate of their healthcare needs and plans of action. This transformation has created a greater need for the healthcare system to increase the use of health management information system (HMIS). HMIS is meant to help all
There are a variety of health settings that provide patient health services. With the use of health services there has to be some type of health information exchange or system that will enable users to exchange data. Today there are networks that do this. Some of these networks are Community health information network (CHIN), Regional health information network (RHINO), National Health Information Network (NHIN) and Health Information technology for economic and clinical health act (HITECH Act). The