Health Information Exchange Benefits

There are many benefits to Health Information Exchange. Information is available in in an emergency. For instance, if you are in an accident and are unable to explain your health history to a health care provider, they can find the information about your medications, health issues, and tests and make informed decisions about your emergency care faster using, Query-based exchange. It allows you to be protected in disasters. ("Risks and Benefits of Health Information Exchange (HIE)") For example, if you are in an area affected by a disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, your health information can be stored safely in electronic form. Keep in mind when Hurricane Katrina occurred all records were stored in paper format and therefore destroyed by the flooding. So when …show more content…
Access to information about care you receive elsewhere gives your health care provider a better, more complete picture of your health. That means your health care provider can make sure the care he or she provides doesn't interact badly with other treatment you may be receiving. ("Risks and Benefits of Health Information Exchange (HIE)") For example, when you can't remember what medications you are taking or allergic to health information exchange can make information about your conditions and medications available to your health care provider so that they will know the right things to do instead of doing something that might be harmful. For instance, I’m allergic to Bactrim so having that in my record, it follows me to every facility I go to which is great! I will not have to experience the itching again! Another benefit is Health Information Exchange allows you or your provider to track your record for protection. For instance, when your health information is shared electronically, information about access to your record is stored electronically. This can include the identity of those who accessed your record, the date of access, the types of information accessed and the reason your record was