Baylor Healthcare System launches enterprise Health Information Exchange

Baylor Health System is one of the first hospitals in Texas to start using Health Information Exchange. What's Health information exchange u may ask? Well, its basically a cloud based platform that can integrate patient records and data from multiple sources into one single patient view. This makes accessing patient information records a lot easier and physicians can access it across multiple connected hospitals. Baylor who access this system will be able to:

1)Exchange patient profiles, medical history and prescriptions
2) Improve workflow efficiency associated with physician orders, referrals, lab orders, medications and discharge planning
3)Locate millions of patient records
4) Analyze patient information and bring evidence-based information to the point of care
5) Integrate existing practice management systems in their offices.
6) Send clinical messages among healthcare providers


By promoting this type of health information exchange it will be easier accessing patient information and physicians will have a better idea about the patient's history when he/she is admitted through this information exchange and doesn't have to rely on the patient's family members to remember everything. Once this system is implemented throughout the U.S. it will make things a lot easier for the healthcare providers and the patient and treatment can be started right away instead of waiting for the extensive patient interview.

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