Personal health information is another module that was proposed for utilisation under HIE scheme but has not been implemented to full potential. The value benefit in this prospect includes creating a database to restore the medical history, patient information, family history, medication, and previous remarks by physician, surgeon, and allied health care professionals. This will not only bring effectiveness to the practice but will also offer a significant advancement in patient safety and quality issues. While HIE has potential to provide cost and quality improvement, the empirical demonstration and utility of this approach is not practical for all the health care institutions within America (Dixon, 2014). Marked challenges in this consideration include lack of social awareness and privacy dilemma of
Personal health information is another module that was proposed for utilisation under HIE scheme but has not been implemented to full potential. The value benefit in this prospect includes creating a database to restore the medical history, patient information, family history, medication, and previous remarks by physician, surgeon, and allied health care professionals. This will not only bring effectiveness to the practice but will also offer a significant advancement in patient safety and quality issues. While HIE has potential to provide cost and quality improvement, the empirical demonstration and utility of this approach is not practical for all the health care institutions within America (Dixon, 2014). Marked challenges in this consideration include lack of social awareness and privacy dilemma of