Healthcare IT Today November 10, 2021
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are improving the quality of their data to further increase their value. Higher quality data means they can help healthcare organizations understand their region more clearly, allowing them to allocate their resources in the areas that need it. Key to achieving this is translating the data from the various standards used by HIE participants.
Quality Data Aligns with HIE Goals
When the State HIE program was created as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), the goal was to enable the timely sharing of health information to improve care quality, efficiency and safety. The data collected by HIEs was meant to enable more effective public health programs, power clinical research, and give providers more...