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Health information exchange (HIE) resources at the National Rural Health Resource Center


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Health information exchange (HIE) resources at the National Rural Health Resource Center
The National Rural Health Resource Center has made available a set of practical health information exchange (HIE) resources. See HIE Toolkit. We hope these will be distributed widely to rural health stakeholders, including State Offices of Rural Health and Flex Programs, rural hospitals and clinics, critical access hospitals (CAHs), rural health networks, and other invested parties.

Here’s a list of individual tools and corresponding links:
This document covers the first steps in forming or joining an HIE. The document also includes a readiness self-assessment tool designed around governance, sustainability, technology, legal and policy, provider adoption, evaluation and consumer engagement domains.

This spreadsheet calculates potential savings and costs of implementing an electronic health record (EHR) and a health information exchange (HIE).  Sources are listed along with each calculation.

This guide to DIRECT connectivity standards is designed to assist health care providers in understanding and implementing health information exchange using DIRECT protocols.  The guide includes descriptions of technologies used, a glossary of terms and recommendations on implementing DIRECT.

These "policy models" are adapted from The Connecting for Health Common Framework.  Specifically, the policy suggestions are from section P2: Model Privacy Policies and Procedures for Health Information Exchange.  This framework provides several useful tools for health information exchange (HIE); P2 contains much of the necessary policy and procedure language needed for an HIE.

The privacy and security requirements for organizations participating in an HIE are covered in this guide.  A list of HIPAA-related resources is also included for staying current on regulatory changes.

All of these resources can be found at http://www.ruralcenter.org/rhitnd/hie-toolkit.

If you have any questions or are seeking clarification on any of the material, its content or its distribution, please contact the Rural HIT Network Development (RHITND) technical assistance team at 218-727-9390 ext. 233 or rhitnd@ruralcenter.org.

The HIE Toolkit was developed through the Rural Health Information Technology Network Development (RHITND) Program, which is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (HRSA, DHHS) through a contract to the National Rural Health Resource Center.

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