Quantifying benefits of using health information exchange to support public health STI reporting and treatment in Western New York.

CONCLUSION: Results indicated that using HIE to support treatment and management of STIs can save public health staff time spent on obtaining demographic and treatment information. Other public health departments could use HIE for this and other types of disease surveillance activities. Considering public health needs in HIE development and use can improve efficiency of public health services and enhance effectiveness of activities. PMID: 29020835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Health Information Management Journal - Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research