Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects | AHRQ National Resource Center; Health Information Technology: Best Practices Transforming Quality, Safety, and Efficiency

Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects | AHRQ National Resource Center; Health Information Technology: Best Practices Transforming Quality, Safety, and Efficiency

Guide to Evaluating HIE Projects helps users assess impact on health care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) “Guide to Evaluating Health Information Exchange Projects” has been updated and better designed to help those involved in health information exchange (HIE) projects evaluate an HIE project and create an evaluation plan. 

An HIE project evaluation can help an organization provide an assessment of the HIE project’s impact on health care, guide data exchange processes, and point to barriers or unanticipated consequences of implementing an HIE project.  An evaluation can also help assess the longer-term clinical and financial impacts of an HIE project and demonstrate return on investment.  The guide has six sections to help users through the evaluation process.

To access the guide, please go to http://healthit.ahrq.gov/hieevaluationguide.