Health information exchange : navigating and managing a network of health information systems / edited by Brian E. Dixon

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Front Cover; Health Information Exchange; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I. Getting Started with Health Information Exchange; 1 What is Health Information Exchange?; Introduction; Health Information Exchange; HIE as a Verb; HIE as a Noun; How HIE is Used in this Book; Forms of Organized HIE; Private HIE; Government-Facilitated HIE; Community-Based HIE; Vendor-Facilitated HIE; Fundamental Components of HIE; Health Care Actors and Relationships; ICT Systems; Transactions or Messages; Content or Payload; Evolution of HIE. Models of HIE in the United StatesCentralized; Federated; Inconsistent Federated Models; Consistent Federated Models; Patient Controlled; HIE Outside the United States; Purpose and Structure of this Book; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References; 2 Health Information Exchange as a Profession; Introduction; The Nature of eHealth Professionals: Their Competencies, Roles, and Work; Who Are the eHealth Professionals?; Health Informaticians (HI Professionals); Health Information Managers (HIM Professionals); Health Information Technologists (HIT or HICT Professionals). Health Information Exchange Specialists (HIE Professionals)eHealth Professionals-Supply and Demand; Skills and Training of eHealth Professionals; Current Credentials Offered; Workforce Development in the United States; Did the Program Accomplish What it Intended to do?; Defining and Executing a Future Strategy for eHealth and HIE Professionals; Emerging Trends; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References; II. Organizational Aspects of Managing Health Information Exchange; 3 Drivers and Barriers to Adoption: Towards the Last Mile; Introduction; Landscape of the HIE Marketplace. Adoption of HIE FunctionalitiesGrowth in the Number of HIE Organizations; International Growth in the Adoption of HIE; Barriers to Adoption; Drivers of Adoption; Emerging Trends; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References; 4 Engaging and Sustaining Stakeholders: Towards Governance; Introduction; Governing Body; Participants; Policies and Procedures; Data Sharing Agreements; Governance Key Success Factors; Trust; Scale; Flexibility; Governance Challenges; Enterprise Exchange Challenges; Regional Exchange Challenges; State HIO Challenges; Nationwide Exchange Challenges. Regional HIO Governance Example: Indiana Network for Patient CareState HIO Example: ConnectVirginia; Nationwide HIO Governance Example: eHealth Exchange; Emerging Trends; Summary; Questions for Discussion; References; 5 Managing the Business of Health Information Exchange: Toward Sustainability; Introduction; Sustainability for the Three Forms of HIE Are Different; Business 101 for Health Information Exchanges; Hypothetical Case Study to Illustrate Sustainability; Increasing HIE Revenue; Increasing Revenue by Adding Customers; Increasing Revenue by Adding Services.

Health Information Exchange (HIE): Navigating and Managing a Network of Health Information Systems allows health professionals to appropriately access, and securely share, patients' vital medical information electronically, thus improving the speed, quality, safety, and cost of patient care. The book presents foundational knowledge on HIE, covering the broad areas of technology, governance, and policy, providing a concise, yet in-depth, look at HIE that can be used as a teaching tool for universities, healthcare organizations with a training component, certification institutions, and as a tool for self-study for independent learners who want to know more about HIE when studying for certification exams. In addition, it not only provides coverage of the technical, policy, and organizational aspects of HIE, but also touches on HIE as a growing profession. In Part One, the book defines HIE, describing it as an emerging profession within HIT/Informatics. In Part Two, the book provides key information on the policy and governance of HIE, including stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, sustainability, etc. Part Three focuses on the technology behind HIE, defining and describing master person indexes, information infrastructure, interfacing, and messaging, etc. In Part Four, the authors discuss the value of HIE, and how to create and measure it. Finally, in Part Five, the book provides perspectives on the future of HIE, including emerging trends, unresolved challenges, etc.