Question

You work for a health care organization that frequently needs to share information with other providers. Your organization has a very important relationship with a diagnostics center in particular where you frequently need to share patient information such as lab results, X-rays, and other diagnostic information. You have been asked to review your company's protocols on sharing and receiving patient information for outside providers to ensure that your organization is in compliance with the latest standards and regulations.

present best practices from current literature (scholarly sources) for compliance and meeting regulations on both federal and state levels.

Answer 1

ANS: Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and oher Healthcare Providers can share the information of the Patient but it should be in securly manner.

There are 3 ways of Health information exchange between Healthcare organisation upon patients consent and permission:

1. Directed Exchange – ability to send and receive secure information electronically between care providers to support coordinated care

2. Query-based Exchange – ability for providers to find and/or request information on a patient from other providers, often used for unplanned care

3. Consumer Mediated Exchange – ability for patients to aggregate and control the use of their health information among providers

Directed exchange is commonly used by providers to easily and securely send patient information—such as laboratory orders and results, patient referrals, or discharge summaries directly to another health care professional.

This information is sent over the internet in an encrypted, secure, and reliable way amongst health care professionals who already know and trust each other, and is commonly compared to sending a secured email. This form of information exchange enables coordinated care, benefitting both providers and patients.

For example:

• A care provider can directly send electronic care summaries that include lab results to a specialist when referring their patients. This information helps to inform the visit and prevents the duplication of tests, redundant collection of information from the patient, wasted visits, and medication errors.