Outline: Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Outline: Health Information Exchange (HIE)

This need of exchanging data has dramatically increased both within the geographic distant as well as structure health. The paper will discuss the history of HIE (health information exchange), current challenges, and ways to overcome them.

History of HIE

When did it begin

Efforts to implement HIE in the United States are underway for the last two decades. The basis of its establishment is traced back to the creation of the Community Heath Management Foundation in 1990 (CMS, n.d.). It was established to foster the basis of a centralized data warehouse in seven differently defined ...