BUSI 505 Liberty University State Health Information Exchange Discussion Board assign.pdf

Please Draft a response to another students original discussion Board Post. Here is the

students original post you are replying to:

The State Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement is meant to ensure

that its grantees are capable of monitoring and ensuring statewide implementation. In

addition, it ensures that adoption and the transactions of exchange mechanisms that they

have implemented directly or have supported through the use of funding, technical

assistance, or marketplaces, among other means are utilized in order to support the use

of health information technology. In order for the health care industry to continuously

provide high quality care, it is paramount that a proper way to exchange health

and remains private. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information

Technology (ONC) played a large part in creating a national network that allows health

care organizations and consumers to share information with one another. This network

helps to ensure that all the information spread through it is secure. It also allows for a

better way of exchanging information, meaning higher quality care becomes attainable.

HIE also helps to reduce the risk of harm for patients. “HIE protects patients from harm”

(Bailey et al., 2013, p. 181). It is in this way that HIE attempts to improve the state of

health care information exchange across the country.

Tennessee has made great use of HIE. They were awarded well over $11 million and

made good use of it. Upon the surge of emphasis placed upon health care technology in

seems this ended up not being too big of an issue to overcome. As more and more

physicians were on board with the new way of doing things, the easier it became to

further implement HIE across the entirety of Tennessee. Dr. Ruffner was determined to

make sure the Tennessee Medical Association was committed to the development of HIE

and whole-heartedly believed the state to be in a good position to potentially lead the rest

of the country in the use of e-Health technology, so long as doctors were included in all

steps of the process.

When confronted with changes, it is easy to feel out of place and unsure about the way

things are going. This is why the Bible tells us, “Do your best to present yourself to God

as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of

truth” (2 Timothy 2:15, English Standard Version). This means that we should be

confident in what we are doing so long as it falls in line with God’s will. This is applicable

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If its helpfull here are the original instructions the students post was in response to:

track statewide implementation, adoption, and transactions of exchange mechanisms

that they implement directly or enable through funding, technical assistance,

marketplaces, etc. to support the meaningful use of health information technology.

Research the current state of HIE across the United States through the link below and

provide a response summarizing your findings related to your state of residence. Provide

a summary of your findings and any insights you have gained in the review of the

information:

Responses

Student’s Name

Institution Affiliation

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I agree with your assertion that the effective transfer of medical information is integral in

providing quality care to patients in the country. For a long time, the healthcare sector has been

in crisis given the various issues that the past legal, medical regime failed to conclusively

address. It is important to note that medical errors in the medical field are an elusive matter that

has captured even the attention of the federal and state governments. Statistics indicate that

medical error causes nearly as many deaths in the country as chronic illnesses (Edaibat, Dever &

Stuban, 2017). The number of medical errors continues to daily, and the severity of the

consequences differs depending on the error's degree. Medical errors are detrimental to the

healthcare service providers because it tends to tarnish their reputation. At the same time, these

institutions incur heavy losses due to several expensive court cases where they are forced to pay

communication between the various departments, especially during handing over a patient

(Edaibat et al., 2017).

Health data is quite crucial because of the same deals with the lives of people. Therefore,

enhances the effective transfer of information and minimizes the chances of medical errors

occurring. To achieve this initiative, the medical sector is adopting technological advancements

in its processes, especially in the storage and transfer of crucial medical information. The new

technology has been more efficient and reliable in making medical data easily transferable. With

the ease in transferring such essential data, service delivery to the patients becomes much easier

and more accessible (Edaibat et al., 2017).

First and foremost, the new technological advancements enable the storage of data over

virtual storage platforms, which can be easily accessible regardless of the medical physician's

location. This enhances effective service delivery because it eliminates the barrier of

geographical location. A patient can be transferred from one institution to another for specialized

care. The patient's requisite information can be transferred to the new institution's database

without physically moving the files.

The use of technological advancements in the storage and transfer of medical information

enhances effective research because of the availability of several data for reference. Different

Diana, 2014). An excellent example of the importance of Health Information Exchange in the

medical sphere is the situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Different entities are

conducting thorough research on the virus to develop an effective vaccine for the same. The new

data about their findings. This ensures that various researchers do not waste time on an issue that

has already been addressed. Therefore, the creation of a vaccine becomes easy as different

researchers enhance the information from their counterparts. I agree with the biblical argument

that was should always be ready to adopt change.

It is important to note that the transfer of such medical information using technology is

also quite challenging because it poses a constant hacking threat. The new technological devices

are highly susceptible to hacking, putting medical data at risk. Therefore, the medical sector

needs to invest heavily in securing the Health Information Exchange systems that they create.

Edaibat, E. A., Dever, J., & Stuban, S. M. (2017). System dynamics simulation modeling of

health information exchange (HIE) adoption and policy intervention: A case study in

Maryland. Operations Research for Health Care, 12, 60-70.

Yeager, V. A., Walker, D., Cole, E., Mora, A. M., & Diana, M. L. (2014). Factors related to

health information exchange participation and use. Journal of medical systems, 38(8), 1-

9.