The ability to exchange information between healthcare stakeholders is necessary to improve quality of care and decrease healthcare costs, but achieving interoperability in healthcare has long been an elusive goal. Today, however, interoperability is already a reality in some healthcare settings. These early successes are paving the way for more health information exchange (HIE) in the future.
Scope
Identifies the key barriers to interoperability
Provides examples of successful HIEs
Analyzes the role of personal health records in HIE
Highlights
More patient information allows providers to see a 360 degree view of the patient
Organizational issues, not technical ones, are limiting the growth of HIE
Smaller, underlying networks will connect to build a worldwide HIE network
Reasons to Purchase
Understand where interoperability is today and where it will be in the near future
Align product messaging with what will resonate best with healthcare organizations
Identify strategies that will increase HIE success
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