Health Information Exchange Services & Consulting Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), are multi-stakeholder organizations that enable the secure exchange and use of electronic health information, offer tremendous potential to improve health care quality, reduce medical errors, and lower costs by paving the way for increased interoperability and information-sharing among patients, providers, payors and other stakeholders. In fact, the state-based and regional HIEs already in operation are providing important user benefits such as more timely communication and secure patient data exchange, regional collaboration, and the elimination of inefficient and duplicate processes. In addition, HIEs are expected to play an important role as building blocks for a proposed National Health Information Network (NHIN) that promotes interconnectivity among users of various forms of health information technologies.

There are many varieties of HIEs available today that are exchanging important health data ranging from comprehensive clinical information to e-prescribing transactions to lab data. Communities and health systems should select the type of HIE and business model(s) that best fulfills their stakeholders' needs and offers the greatest chance of early sustainability. LeTigre Healthcare Solutions provides expertise and knowledge that helps organizations plan for, choose, implement and maintain successful HIE's.