HealtheConnections

HealtheConnections is a regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) covering 19 counties in northeast Georgia and four adjacent surrounding counties. HealtheConnections was implemented in November 2012 to provide clinicians with real-time, relevant clinical data, eliminating organizational or geographic boundaries. The HIE includes patient-identifiable demographic data, continuity of care documents, test results (laboratory, radiology, pathology, etc.), and processes for secure provider-to-provider and provider-to-patient messaging.In addition, HealtheConnections offers patients and their providers access to a community exchange that provides a patient-centered view of community health information. HealtheConnections maintains standards-based communication protocols to facilitate interaction between other HIEs and state and national exchanges while meeting or exceeding HIPAA security requirements.