The Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) aims to both expand its services to new community providers across a wider geographic area and to deepen its current capabilities to deliver improved services that can support providers in helping patients prevent and manage chronic disease and improve the overall health of the population. It will serve a broader area that includes the Indiana cities of Anderson, Bloomington, Carmel, Columbus, Fishers, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Marion, New Castle, Noblesville, Plainfield, and Richmond. And it will deepen its existing offerings by developing not only new data tools, but also new targeted interventions that will help physicians and patients use these data to deliver better results.
The IHIE is first working to achieve five objectives:
Increase the proportion of patients with diabetes whose blood sugar and cholesterol are under control
Reduce hospital admissions and emergency room visits for patients with conditions that could have been avoided through better access to or higher quality of outpatient care
Reduce redundant imaging which can often be performed because providers are unaware of, or unable to access the results of, previous clinically equivalent exams
Increase screening for cancers of the colon, rectum, and cervix
Increase adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records
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