Question

Differentiate between the role of an HIE and a RHIO.

What are the implications of collaborating with an HIE and RHIO?

Create a policy on who can access knowledge generated by the practice and how would it be used.

Answer 1

There are various terms used to describe the exchange of patient's data between different entities. The msot common of these terms are RHIO and HIE.

A RHIO is a noun and is an organisation that share the information regarding health standards whereas an HIE is a verb which refers to the capacity to communicate health information electronically i.e it transmits/sends electronic health information between different authorized organizations

Recent policies and actions highly support the adoption of HIE and RHIO so as to improve the healthcare by addressing the personal health information electronically using national standards.