1. Health Information Exchanges
Objectives
Timely access to patient information
Improved quality of care
Reduce costs of care
Challenges
EMR/EHR interoperability, Adoption and usage by physicians and practices
Network externalities and patient flows
Topographies of patients and physicians networks
Institutional isomorphism
Impact on costs and quality of care
Avoidance of procedural repetitions
Better use of timely information
Patients’ privacy concerns
Drivers and inhibitors of patients’ concerns
HIE and Medical Referrals – referring wisely and effectively
HIE Participation and Physicians’ Referral Patterns: Are they Mutually Reinforcing?
To what extent non-medical factors affect referral choices?
How to optimize referral decisions to minimize the cost and maximize the quality of care?
How to enable and encourage physicians to adopt optimized referral models?