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Article Excerpt
Behavioral healthcare is in the midst of an unprecedented trend toward sharing patient/ consumer data between and among care providers. While privacy is (and should be) a key consideration, the advantages of secure data sharing include reducing polypharmacy, initiating and advancing electronic health records (EHRs), and more timely information exchange resulting in higher-quality care.
Not many years ago, the implementation of so-called health information exchanges (HIEs) and similar information-sharing networks, such as regional health information organizations (RHIOs), was heralded by many as the nirvana needed to create the secure transparency that would lead to seamless management and sharing of patient/consumer health records.
Yet the path from envisioning HIEs to real-world implementation has not been a straight "A-to-B" process. Instead, it has included (and continues to include) stops, starts, and a variety of curves along the way. This is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a natural course for promising and eventually successful technology....
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