Health Information Exchanges to Benefit Payers, Injured Workers

By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterThe use of health information exchanges that link medical records systems of hospitals, doctors, laboratories and other health care providers have accelerated since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009. A number of federal grant programs have encouraged more states to implement health insurance exchange programs, which experts believe, will in the long run be particularly beneficial to injured workers and the workers' compensation industry as a whole.“With the HIE, if an employee authorizes the u...