The number of fully operational, public health information exchanges increased from 37 in 2010 to just 67 in 2011, while the number of live private HIEs increased from 52 last year to 161 this year, according to a KLAS news release.
Data collected for this report revealed governance and funding are the two main reasons public HIEs are not going live as quickly as private HIEs. Physicians may also be slow to adopt public HIEs due to wariness of lost productivity and concerns over data integrity.
Read the KLAS news release about the increase in health information exchanges.
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Data collected for this report revealed governance and funding are the two main reasons public HIEs are not going live as quickly as private HIEs. Physicians may also be slow to adopt public HIEs due to wariness of lost productivity and concerns over data integrity.
Read the KLAS news release about the increase in health information exchanges.
Related Articles on HIEs:
HHS Issues Electronic Standards for Healthcare Transactions
ONC Looks Into Researching Patient E-Consent for HIEs
Federal Government Authorizes Nevada's $6.1M HIE Plan