The Alaska eHealth Network

The Alaska eHealth Network (AeHN) is a 501(c)(3) Alaska non-profit corporation, organized and managed by Alaskans. As a network of public and private organizations and businesses involved in healthcare, AeHN has been actively working on adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and specifically on health information exchange (HIE) activities since 2005.

Over the course of the last ten years, AeHN’s predecessor organization, the Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council (ATAC, 1996-2005), and subsequently, AeHN and AeHN staff (2005-2010) have been actively engaged in the development of standardized HIE policies, procedures, participant agreements, provider agreements, data use agreements, and continued refinement of the business, technical and communications plan for HIE in Alaska. In addition, providers from across Alaska have been regularly engaged in ongoing forums, discussions and planning sessions for HIE through AeHN and AeHN’s predecessor organization.

Why is health information exchange important to Alaska?

Improved health status of Alaskans means fewer lost work days, lower health infrastructure costs, and a better quality of life.
Many Alaskans miss the opportunity to receive age appropriate, timely health screening and vital immunizations because we don’t have a complete medical history. Health information exchange could create an easy, automatic update of necessary screening exams and immunization history.Unnecessary or duplicate lab tests delay treatment and increase costs. Health information exchange could eliminate duplication and provide timely, appropriate test results to practitioners. Expensive invasive procedures may only need to be done once. Health information exchange could pass information without requiring additional work.
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