Health systems cannot rely on individuals to be our HIE
John Halamka’s blog had a guest blogger, Amy Stiner, who related her story of a tortuous, difficult, painful path of getting her son’s medical information relayed from health system to health system as they moved around the country. This story is all too common and relatable. Among the many striking things in this story is this — even if patient-facing APIs lead to an “HIE of One” scenario, health systems must not absolve ourselves of the obligation to do a better job of info