HIE – Essential For Integrated Care Coordination & Population Health Management

Can we ever get health information exchange (HIE) to work? The answer to that question is of paramount importance to integrated care management delivery because without it, both care coordination in general, and participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs) is severely limited.

Unfortunately, functional HIE is not common. Health information exchange by long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) has been almost non-existent through 2013 (see Interoperable Electronic Data Exchange Is Non-Existent Among Long-Term Care Provider Organizations); small hospitals have low (20%) HIE participation rates (see Hospital HIE Adoption is Up, But Still Has a Long Way . . .