The AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT has a toolkit for health information exchange projects. The toolkit offers suggestions and examples for evaluation of the exchange of health information between various community stakeholders (e.g., providers, health departments, pharmacies, laboratories). Evaluation of data exchange is crucial to determining the impact of this new type of health IT project on health care quality and safety.

HIE Evaluation Toolkit (PDF, 488 KB) PDF Help.

Last Modified: November 2011