ONC Pushes Public Health Agencies to Improve HIE Integration
EHR Intelligence September 13, 2017
The few public health agencies with HIE integration have reported more complete, higher quality data than those without a connection.
An ONC resource on how public health agencies utilize health information exchange (HIE) integration contains best practices and insights using interviews from public health agencies in 16 jurisdictions.
The findings detailed in the report focus on strategies for public health and HIE integration across six categories: leadership, technical, financial, privacy and security, policy, and health IT developers.
ONC partnered with Clinovations Government + Health (CGH) to examine HIE use among public health agencies. These state and community agencies can assist in improving the health of populations through disease prevention activities using data from public health screening and treatment services,...