Applications of health information exchange information to public health practice

TY - GEN

T1 - Applications of health information exchange information to public health practice

AU - Kierkegaard, Patrick

AU - Kaushal, Rainu

AU - Vest, Joshua R.

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Increased information availability, timeliness, and comprehensiveness through health information exchange (HIE) can support public health practice. 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. HIE supported public health activities consistent with expectations in the literature. However, no single department realized all the potential benefits of HIE identified. These findings suggest ways to improve HIE usage in public health.

AB - Increased information availability, timeliness, and comprehensiveness through health information exchange (HIE) can support public health practice. 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. HIE supported public health activities consistent with expectations in the literature. However, no single department realized all the potential benefits of HIE identified. These findings suggest ways to improve HIE usage in public health.

M3 - Article in proceedings

T3 - AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings

SP - 795

EP - 804

BT - AMIA Annual symposium proceedings

PB - American Medical Informatics Association

T2 - AMIA 2014 Annual Symposium

Y2 - 15 November 2014 through 19 November 2014

ER -