S p e c i a l A D V E R T I S I N G S EC T I O N
HealthIE NEvada HealtHIE Nevada is a non-profit, community-based, and privately funded organization dedicated to state wide health information exchange (HIE). An obvious questions is, “What is an HIE?” An HIE is an electronic (versus paper) method for sharing your personal health information with all of your health care providers. The HIE allows for “real time” transfer of information between your doctors, hospitals, labs, radiology centers; anywhere you receive health care treatment. Do either of these situations sound familiar? You go to an emergency department or to a new primary care doctor that you’ve never visited before. The doctors have no information about you and must spend a great deal of time asking you questions about your past medical history, your allergies, previous procedures and surgeries, and your current medications. -OrYou go to your primary care doctor for a follow-up visit after a hospitalization. Sometimes, your doctor doesn’t even know you’ve been in the hospital. You have to wait while the office staff calls the hospital and has your records faxed to the doctor. m14 M e d i c a l P R O F ILES
Consider this revised situation You go to a doctor or emergency room for treatment. You have consented to have your personal health information shared on HealtHIE Nevada. The physician logs on to the secure HIE website, types in your name and birthdate, and within seconds, all of your information (insurance, allergies, current medications, past test results, treatments, hospital stays) shows up on the screen. The physician now has your most up to date and complete medical history. What are the benefits of the HIE to you and your health care provider? Our physicians do the very best they can with the information they currently have available to them. But, more often than not, our health providers still use a largely paper-based system. This requires them to use, file and retrieve hard copy charts, photocopy results, fax information to other providers, and make phone calls to confirm hospitalizations and test results. Paper charts can also be lost, misplaced, or viewed/ copied by individuals without your knowledge or permission. Any access of your electronic information is automatically recorded and available for review and auditing. With an electronic system, you and your doctor both save time and frustration. With a few clicks of a mouse, your doctor
can have your full medical history. This information helps him/her order only the tests and treatments you really need, avoid those you don’t need, and prevent duplication of those you may have already had; saving time, frustration, and money. Current HealtHIE Nevada Participants Hospitals, physicians, laboratories and diagnostic centers all across Nevada are connecting to the HIE. Is your provider connected? For a complete list of current participants, go to www.healtHIEnevada.org. If your provider is not connected, ask them why! And send us a referral on our website. The management and operations of HealtHIE Nevada are performed by HealthInsight Nevada, a Nevada not for profit organization, www.healthinsight.org.
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