Leadership Perspectives on Implementing Health Information Exchange: Qualitative Study in a Tertiary Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeks to achieve interoperability with other organizations, including non-VA community and regional health information exchanges (HIEs).

Objective

This study aims to understand the perspectives of leaders involved in implementing information exchange between VA and non-VA providers via a community HIE.

Methods

We interviewed operational, clinical, and information technology leaders at one VA facility and its community HIE partner. Respondents discussed their experiences with VA-HIE, including barriers and facilitators to implementation, and the associated impact on health care providers. Transcribed interviews were coded and analyzed using immersion-crystallization methods.

Results

VA and community HIE leade

SUBMITTER: Dixon BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7939932 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature