Health Information Exchange for Improving the Efficiency and Quality of Healthcare Delivery

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Author(s): Jing Shi (North Dakota State University, USA), Sudhindra Upadhyaya (North Dakota State University, USA)and Ergin Erdem (North Dakota State University, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 23
Source title: User-Driven Healthcare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2770-3.ch035

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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In healthcare industry, providers, patients, and all other stakeholders must have the right information at the right time for achieving efficient and cost effective services. Exchange of information between the heterogeneous system entities plays a critical role. Health information exchange (HIE) is not only a process of transmitting data, but also a platform for streamlining operations to improve healthcare delivery in a secure manner. In this chapter, we present a comprehensive view of electronic health record (EHR) systems and HIE by presenting their architecture, benefits, challenges, and other related issues. While providing information on the current state of EHR/HIE applications, we also discuss advanced issues and secondary uses of HIE implementations, and shed some light on the future research in this area by highlighting the challenges and potentials.

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