Concept
- HIE connects health systems & providers
- Creates opportunities for decision support
- Patterns of care identify opportunities for decision support & quality improvement
- Patients with diabetes need annual urinary microalbumin testing
- Infants with positive newborn screens must be located and treated immediately
- Health departments need to respond to disease outbreaks
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