Applications of health information exchange information to public health practice

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  • Patrick Kierkegaard
  • Rainu Kaushal
  • Joshua R. Vest
Health information exchange (HIE) can support several aspects of public health practice by increasing the availability, timeliness, and comprehensiveness individual-level patient information. The potential benefits to disease monitoring, disaster response, and other public health activities served as an important justification for the US’ investments in HIE. After several years of HIE implementation and funding, we sought to determine if any of the anticipated benefits of exchange participation were accruing to state and local public health practitioners participating in five different exchanges. Using qualitative interviews and template analyses, we identified public health efforts and activities that were improved by participation in HIE. We derived the codes for the template analysis through a literature review. HIE supported public health activities consistent with expectations in the literature. However, no single department realized the all the potential benefits of HIE identified. These findings suggest ways to improve HIE usage in public health.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAMIA Annual symposium proceedings
Number of pages10
PublisherAmerican Medical Informatics Association
Publication date2014
Pages795-804
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventAMIA 2014 Annual Symposium - Washington, D. C., United States
Duration: 15 Nov 201419 Nov 2014

Conference

ConferenceAMIA 2014 Annual Symposium
LandUnited States
ByWashington, D. C.
Periode15/11/201419/11/2014
SeriesAMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings
Volume2014
ISSN1942-597X

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