HIE Benefits
Using the health information exchange (HIE) provides a number of benefits for healthcare providers and their patients.
- Immediate access to valued clinical information like prescription medication history
- Access to information collected from health care providers across Maine
- Quicker and more informed treatment decision-making
- Enhanced coordination of care
- Fewer medical errors and improved patient safety
- More secure than sharing paper records
- Opportunities for cost reduction through work flow redesign
- Faster identification of public health threats
- Functionality that supports meeting stage one meaningful use criteria
- Lays foundation for the Medical Home and Accountable Care Organization
What health care providers are saying…
“We had an ED Patient with multiple respiratory complaints and a possible pulmonary embolism. We were able to avoid an unnecessary CT angiogram after checking HealthInfoNet and determining the patient had a recent CT and alternative respiratory diagnosis.”
“I was able to access lab data from another hospital that allowed me to trend a patient's platelet count over the course of the past year. As a result, I was able to see a pattern that helped to form a differential diagnosis and pushed our decision making.”
“I had one case of an avoided repeat CT of the abdomen and one case confirming a bizarre story of patient care moving from Augusta to Bangor to Augusta and back in less than 7 days. In the second case, accessing the data allowed me to trust the story being presented.”
“We promote HealthInfoNet as a means to access our own data during EHR Downtime situations.”
“If a dosage looks wrong, I look in HealthInfoNet to get more information.”
“We had a patient that was never admitted until a skiing accident, the patient said he was on five meds, but HealthInfoNet showed fifteen.”
