Linking the health data system in the U.S.: Challenges to the benefits.

ABSTRACT: In order to improve patient care in the United States there, the government made a mandate called HIE (Health Information Exchange). This order was created from the belief that sharing digital health information between, across, and within health communities will improve one's healthcare experience across their lifespan. Patient health information, i.e. the personal health record, should be shareable between healthcare providers; such as private practice physicians, home health agencies, hospitals and nursing care facilities. Most of the U.S. hospitals now have electronic health records, however, with a lack of standards for structuring health information and unified communication protocols to share health information across providers, only a small percentage of U.S. hospitals engage in co

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626162 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature