eHealth Exchange Connects Healthcare Providers
eHealth Exchange provides healthcare organizations a single API (connection) and trust framework to exchange patients’ medical data nationwide.
Participating organizations mutually agree to support a common set of standards and specifications that enable the establishment of a secure, trusted, and interoperable connection among all participating Exchange organizations for the standardized flow of information, by:
- Sending health information to other participating organizations
- Finding and requesting copies of healthcare information from other participating organizations where permitted by law and policy
- Matching patients to their data without a national patient identifier
- Subscribing to receive updates to health information
Review the positive Economic Impact that eHealth Exchange has had on participating organizations.
Core Values
- Lead in national-level exchange of health information to establish HIE as a standard of care, while fostering and supporting innovation
- Maintain openness and transparency in the conduct of operations
- Cultivate trust and protection of information exchanged
- Encourage participation and inclusiveness across a diverse set of stakeholders
- Provide for accountability, fairness and due process
- Maximize effectiveness and efficiency in the exchange of health information
- Evaluate, learn and promote continuous improvement in its own operations
