The Health Information Exchange Formation Guide: The Authoritative Guide for Planning and Forming an HIE in Your State, Region or Community

Health Information Exhange is an essential enabler that, when properly implemented, will improve the overall efficiency of the healthcare delivery process, lead directly to improved patient outcomes and be a significant influence on lowering the high costs currently associated with delivering healthcare. This book provides a practical, step-by-step approach to forming an HIE in your state, region or community. Based on extensive research, the authors' own direct experiences as HIE consultants, they describe a structured approach to forming an HIE, one that incorporates leading practices that have helped other organizations as they journeyed through the planning and formation stages and then moved on to successful operations.