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Health Information Exchange

What is Health Information Exchange?

The electronic sharing of health-related information between healthcare organizations, requiring strict privacy and security controls.

Privacy and Data Protection

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as health information exchange. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on health information exchange

Requirements naming health information exchange across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

HITECH Act2 controls

HITECH Act statutory scope + structure. ENACTMENT: Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, Public Law 111-5) signed 17 February 2009 + entered into force phased;

HITECH-Scope-ARRA-XIII-42USC-Ch156-Subtitles · HITECH Act Statutory Scope, ARRA Title XIII Origin and 42 USC Chapter 156 Structure (Subtitles A through D)

Health information exchange must promote equitable access and not create barriers for underserved populations.

TEF-5 · Access and Equity

Questions people ask about health information exchange

What is Health Information Exchange?
The electronic sharing of health-related information between healthcare organizations, requiring strict privacy and security controls.
Why is Health Information Exchange important for compliance?
Health Information Exchange is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding health information exchange helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Health Information Exchange?
Health Information Exchange appears in the requirement text of HITECH Act, TEFCA - Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Health Information Exchange?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how health information exchange applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Health Information Exchange applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.