Texas Health Information Exchange Shares 1st Information with HIO

Paso del Notre Health Information Exchange has interchanged information with its member HIO, the Hospitals of Providence.

A latest health information exchange (HIE) is on the area of Texas map, and it has genuinely exchanged information with the 1^st of its member HIOs.

In accordance to a recent press release, the Paso del Notre Health Information Exchange (PDN HIE) has officially exchanged information with its 1^st member agency, the Hospitals of Providence.

PDN HIE will facilitate the El Paso region, which is on the western edge of the state, permitting contributors in that part of the state seamlessly exchange health information to permit for better care coordination and health care delivery.

In accordance to PDN HIE leaders, this network will assist to decrease the unessential testing, which are mostly both economically and logistically burdensome to sufferers. Effective HIE can also assist increase contributor efficiency, assisting them to delivery aimed healthcare to all sufferers through more informed decision-making.

“This will be a huge time and money saver for both the sufferer and physicians,” stated PDN HIE board member Robert Resendes. “It isn’t uncommon for a sufferer to have various physicians. Having entire members of one’s medical team have approach to entire records will result in more coordinated treatment and even a decrease in medical visits – freeing up ‘slots’ for other sufferers.”

This 1^st exchange of data with the Hospitals of Providence is a landmark moment because it kicks off all the work the HIE will be doing going forward, particularly by way of making better the care quality and healthcare delivery.

“This is an amazing start for the PDN HIE. I am amused with The Hospitals of Providence’s commitment to the HIE,” stated Jon Law, HIE Executive Director. “With powerful participation, the HIE can make better the quality of healthcare and position our community to take advantage from changing models of healthcare financing.”

Executives from the Hospitals of Providence are keen to assist enable improved communication between contributors, assisting to decrease unessential or duplicative treatments that could in certain way really harm or hinder patient wellness.

“We are proud to be the 1^st to contribute information to the HIE,” claimed Sally Hurt Deitch, The Hospitals of Providence Market Chief Executive Officer and PDN HIE board member. “The instant communication, offered by an HIE, assists the sufferer’s care team to track his/her medical requirements, which can stop repeated hospitalizations and costly, redundant testing.”

The Hospitals of Providence officially signed onto the HIE in the month of December 2015, alongside another primary stakeholder, University Medical Center of El Paso. At the period, the joining of the 2 agencies served as an important step forward for PDN HIE.