Different HIE Methods Impact Provider Use of Health Information
A new study has found that most HIE methods increase information availability, but only single EHR vendor networks and national networks enable provider use of health information.
While there are many HIE methods for provider organizations, the study also found that provider portals and access to outside EHRs were used the least. Provider portals were adopted by over 66 percent of the surveyed hospitals, but only reported as frequently used by less than 35 percent.
The big finding was that the four many-to-many HIE methods – direct messaging via HISP, regional HIE, single EHR vendor, and national network – were linked to a greater likelihood of available information.
The study also noted that single-vendor networks and national networks enabled greater data integration into EHRs and were associated with more use of that information.
As we highlighted late last year, RosettaHealth’s HealthBus solution, a SaaS-based data transport platform, makes it easier to share clinical information with any system in any community – with one connection per system. This opens up a world of possibility to hospitals, urgent and post-acute care systems, and ambulatory practices for use with any health information tools, not just EHRs approved components.
HealthBus can also easily integrate and be operational in days with a wide array of options including HL7 V2, REST, FHIR, XDR, XDS, XCA, NwHIN, Direct Secure Messaging, SMTP/POP, or via a portal.
RosettaHealth can assist with any health information challenges you might have, book a free consultation with one of our interoperability experts.