Health Information Exchange Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of a Health Information Exchange (HIE)?
Answer: To enable the secure sharing of patient health information among healthcare providers
HIE enables the electronic sharing of patient health information across different healthcare organizations to improve care coordination and patient safety.
Which federal legislation most significantly promoted widespread adoption of Electronic Health Records and HIEs?
Answer: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
The HITECH Act of 2009 provided financial incentives through the Meaningful Use program to promote EHR adoption and HIE participation.
In which HIE model is all clinical data stored in a single centralized repository shared by all participants?
Answer: Consolidated model
In the consolidated HIE model, participating organizations contribute their data to a central repository that stores and manages all clinical information.
What does a Master Patient Index (MPI) primarily accomplish in an HIE?
Answer: Uniquely identifies and matches patients across different healthcare systems
An MPI creates and maintains a unique identifier for each patient, enabling accurate patient matching across disparate healthcare systems within an HIE.
Which HL7 standard is most commonly used for structured clinical document exchange in HIE?
Answer: Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
The HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is the primary standard for creating structured, human-readable clinical documents like Continuity of Care Documents shared through HIEs.
In a federated HIE model, where is patient data physically stored?
Answer: At each participating organization's own system
In a federated model, each participating organization retains its own data in its local systems, and the HIE provides a mechanism to query and retrieve data on demand.
What is the primary function of a Record Locator Service (RLS) in an HIE?
Answer: To identify which organizations hold records for a specific patient
An RLS maintains an index of where patient records exist across participating organizations, allowing providers to know which systems contain data for a particular patient.