1. Categories of Healthcare Communication Services
Patient and Provider Identity Management
Health Information Exchanges
Security/Privacy
Hospitals
e.g. access last 6 mo. historical labs & encounter summaries
e.g. get current list of allergies or med list from source
e.g. order lab test, track status and receive results
Document
Sharing
Dynamic Information
Access
Workflow
Management
Source persisted and attested health records
Specific info snapshot
provided on demand
2 or more entities
synchronize
a task