Question

Health Informatics Class:

Explain in detail the obstacles facing health information exchange.

Answer 1

Health infromation exchange is the process by which the health car eprofessionals exchange patient's health infromation with one another and this process is used to provide adequate care and support to the patient.

There are several challenges that are faced during ehalth infromation exchange system these are-

Interoperability- This is the ability of the computer systems to access and exchange the infromation. THis has been a major challenge in health record information exchange as there has been surveyes where the same patient is found to have different records on different system that makes the process confusing and complex.

Confidentiality and privacy- electronic health records are found to be safe system to store and record patient data and keep it confidential, as per the HIPPA rule. But the leading incidents of cybersecurity threats this is raised as major challenge and concern in health record infromation sharing.

Fijnancial stability of the organization

Competetive concerns regarding the market and free of cost services, that impacts the use and advancements of the ehalth infromation exchange system.