Health Information Exchange at the Bedside: Promise Meets Reality

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Description:
Health information exchange (HIE) promises new levels of support for clinical hospital and clinic medicine. From real-world experience, this session discusses marrying existing real-world workflows to new sources of information.

Speaker Information:
  • Richard Taylor, MD, CMIO, Providence Health and Services in Portland, Ore.

Objectives:
  • List at least five unique sources of information available through HIE.
  • Identify barriers to workflow integration for each unique source of information.
  • Define EMR features that lower or remove barriers to workflow integration of exchanged data.
  • Describe workflow changes needed to use new EMR features and to work around existing barriers to interchange.
  • Identify organizational metrics and clinical quality indicators that will demonstrate adoption and use of HIE information.

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