Health Information Exchange Paper 3-4 Pages

Running head: DRAFT- HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE 1

DRAFT- HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE 4

Health Information Exchange Draft

HIT 141

Christina Valvo

Health Information Exchange

The paper focuses on the detail explanation of the concept of Health Information Exchange (HIE). Health Information Exchange is a procedure of distribution and collection of information related to the different diseases, patient history, medication information, etc. this allows nurses, doctors, and pharmacists. And other patients and health care providers to confidently access and safely share relevant medical information of a patient (Rahurkar, Vest, & Menachemi, 2015). This may be done manually and electronically. Health Information Exchange (HIE) increases the quality, safety, speed, cost of patient medical care, and overall contributes to improving public health (Shapiro, Mostashari, Hripcsak, Soulakis, & Kuperman, 2011). Today, in the fast technological world the process of Heath information exchange becomes very essay and convenient. The Heath information exchange has now a widespread availability due to the secure electronic data transfer processes (Vest et al., 2011). Most of the people have their medical details and documents in the form of papers and files placed in the hospital’s cupboards and cabinets and different medical offices, or the folders and boxes in the homes of patients. The medical information of any patient is normally shared by fax, mail, or patients provide that information by their self, between the hospital staff and patients. In this process, their records and data are collected from appointment to appointment. Electronic health information exchange is more appropriate as there is less or no chance for an error or it cannot be replaced in the communication of patient and care provider.

The paper also focuses on the challenges faced in the Heath information exchange process by health providers or patients. There are many challenges faced by the health providers and patients in the process of Heath information exchange such as the rapidly changing technology, financial support, public personal information security issues, collection of records, collecting the data appropriately according to the particular case, etc. (Vest, & Gamm, 2010). There are many types and structures of Heath information exchange; few are highlighted in this paper. There are three main kinds of Heath Information Exchange such as Direct Exchange of information, Query-Based Exchange of information, and Consumer Mediated Exchange of information (Rudin, Motala, Goldzweig, & Shekelle, 2014). Direct exchange of information involved the secure exchange of patient’s information with the help of electronic means, for example, laboratory results and orders, discharge summaries, or patient referrals. Query-Based Exchange of information involved exchange of patient’s information from the other health providers according to the need of his or her case, unplanned or in an emergency. Consumer Mediated Exchange of information involved exchange of information, store, and manage a record of the health data on the internet for the patient such as, correct inaccurate demographic information, billing information, medical information, with the help of this process patients can easily monitor and track their own health.

The paper also focuses on my personal interest in Heath information exchange as a consumer. According to my observation and study, customer satisfaction is one of the most important factors of Heath information exchange (HIE). More satisfied consumers reflect the more or increased the utilization of the Heath information exchange. Heath information exchange allows patients to take an active part in their health-related activities and practices (Dhopeshwarkar et al., 2012). This increases their interest in the health benefits and recovery. Health information exchange also helps health providers to satisfy their customers more appropriately. Consumers can take a full part in their health management process with the help of Health information exchange.

This paper concentrates on the concept, challenges, types and structure, and the consumer perspective of the Health Information Exchange. This will help to understand the process of HIE correctly and empower the consumers to utilize it with its full benefits and requirements.

References

Dhopeshwarkar, R. V., MPH, Kern, Lisa M., MD, MPH, O'Donnell, Heather C., MD, MS, Edwards, A. M., MStat, & Kaushal, Rainu, MD, MPH. (2012). Health care consumers' preferences around health information exchange. Annals of Family Medicine, 10(5), 428-434.

Rahurkar, S., Vest, J. R., & Menachemi, N. (2015). Health information exchange: The authors reply. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 34(6), 1070-1070. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0457

Rudin, R. S., Motala, A., Goldzweig, C. L., & Shekelle, P. G. (2014). Usage and effect of health information exchange: A systematic review. Annals of Internal Medicine, 161(11), 803.

Shapiro, J. S., Mostashari, F., Hripcsak, G., Soulakis, N., & Kuperman, G. (2011). Using health information exchange to improve public health. American Journal of Public Health, 101(4), 616-623.

Vest, J. R., & Gamm, L. D. (2010). Health information exchange: Persistent challenges and new strategies. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 17(3), 288.

Vest, J. R., Zhao, H., Jasperson, J., Jaspserson, J., Gamm, L. D., & Ohsfeldt, R. L. (2011). Factors motivating and affecting health information exchange usage. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 18(2), 143-149.