Moving Towards a Social-Health Information Exchange: Analyzing the Health IT Systems Necessary for Holistic Healthcare

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Hofman, Melissa
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • Health information technology has the potential to transform the healthcare industry with a robust health information exchange. This paper examines what data is to be recorded and shared, with whom is the data to be shared, who is to have access to the data, who gets to decide all of this? Recent studies suggest that the recent deluge of big data require interdisciplinary efforts moving forward. Analysis of semi-structured interviews with a variety of stakeholders throughout the industry revealed frustration with the current systems and optimism about the future. Results revealed that all parties are willing and eager to be a part of the growing conversation, though the majority do not feel included. All participants favorably discussed the potential for health IT to positively influence healthcare if certain considerations are taken into account. Primary barriers to implementation, privacy, financial, data collection, and stakeholder buy-in, were consistent with previous research.
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  • Gibson, Amelia
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  • Master of Science in Information Science
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  • Library and Information Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2018
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