Have you ever gone to a new doctor and wondered how they were able to access your information without calling your doctor or having you personally pick up your records from the facility? Whenever you go to a new facility, they are able to access your information electronically. Thanks to Health Information Exchange. Health Information exchange (HIE) is the movement of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system. In practice the term HIE may also refer to the organization that facilitates the exchange. For example, I switched from Penn State Hershey Medical Center to Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children for my orthopedic needs. I was able to have Penn State Hershey Medical Center
