PS1-50: Implementation and Evaluation of a Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Abstract

Background/Aims HIEs are secure computer networks that allow sharing of patients’ health records across health care organizations in a standard format to provide more comprehensive information to providers at the point of care. Potential HIE benefits include improved quality (better care coordination, decreased errors) and reduced costs (reduced redundant lab and radiology orders). The New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC), the State’s HIE, is implementing pilot clinical use sites in Albuquerque area Emergency Departments (EDs). Here we present the approach evaluating our pilots HIE implementation in the ED setting for its effect on the rate of redundant lab and radiology orders.