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Health Information Exchange: Improving the Bottom Line, Better Patient Care

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The U.S. banking, post-secondary education, and law enforcement sectors all take advantage of a shared network of electronic records, but the healthcare sector has yet to follow suit. 

Why is a health information exchange strategy so important? By connecting various sources of medical records, a system of health information exchange (HIE) can improve public health outcomes and reduce redundant spending. Read on to learn: 
• How expanding access to data can improve citizen services
• What HIE data can do for biosurveillance and disease prevention
• How the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Initiative is improving military healthcare 
• Which agencies are leveraging HIE data to reduce waste, fraud and abuse.

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