Engaging patients for health information exchange

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-443

  Tripathi, Micky ^a   Delano, David ^b   Lund, Barbara ^c   Rudolph, Lynda ^c  

^a Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC)   (United States)

^b Northern Berkshire Healthcare   (United States)

^c MAeHC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 66149176819     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.435     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. R. Hillestad et al., "Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, and Costs," Health Affairs 24, no. 5 (2005): 1103-1117;
2. J.Walker et al., "The Value of Health Information Exchange and Interoperability," Health Affairs 24 (2005): w10-w18 (published online 19 January 2005; 10.1377/hlthaff.w5.10);
3. and D. Johnston et al., "The Value of Computerized Provider Order Entry in Ambulatory Settings" (location? Center for Information Technology Leadership, 2003).
4. Some studies have come to the opposite conclusion. See CBO, Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology, May 2008, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9168/05-20-HealthIT.pdf (accessed 13 January 2009).
5. eHealth Initiative, "2008 Fifth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange at the State and Local Levels: Summary of Key Findings," September 2008, http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/HIESurvey (accessed 24 November 2008);
6. and J. Adler-Milstein et al., "The State of Regional Health Information Organizations: Current Activities and Financing," Health Affairs 27, no. 1 (2008): w60-w69 (published online 11 December 2007; 10.1377/hlthaff.27.1.w60).
7. There are 130 state and local HIE enterprises; see eHealth Initiative, "2008 Fifth Annual Survey."
8. See Health Care for All, "E-Health E-Events," http://www.hcfama.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId= 766&grandparentID=531&parentID=543 (accessed 13 January 2009).
9. William E. Alberts v. Donald T. Devine and Others, 395 Mass. 59, June 1985, available from Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries, http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/395/395mass59.html (accessed 13 January 2009).
10. For a description of the impact of this case, see P. Appelbaum, "Privacy in Psychiatric Treatment: Threats and Responses," American Journal of Psychiatry 159, no. 11 (2002): 1809-1818.