RHINs
Regional Health Information Networks (RHINs) are integrated health information systems designed to facilitate the exchange of health data among healthcare providers, patients, and public health agencies within a specific geographic region. They aim to improve care coordination, reduce costs, and enhance population health management through interoperable data sharing.
Core Components & Challenges
- Interoperability: Standardizing data formats and exchange protocols across disparate EHR systems.
- Governance: Establishing legal, ethical, and technical frameworks for data ownership, privacy, and security.
- Big Data Integration: Managing the volume, velocity, and variety of health data to support decision-making.
Key Literature & Case Studies
- Li - A Framework for Big Data Governance to Advance RHINs A Case Study of China:
- Source: Springer (Special Section on Data-Enabled Intelligence for Digital Health), 2019.
- Authors: Quan Li, Lan Lan, Nianyin Zeng, Lei You, Jin Yin, Xiaobo Zhou, Qun Meng.
- Focus: Addresses the challenge of big data in the fast growth of regional health informatization.
- Key Contribution: Proposes a framework for big-data-governance to advance RHINs, specifically analyzing the context of china.
- Keywords: Data, Healthcare, Governance, Informatization, Health.
- DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2910838
Related Concepts
- Health Information Exchange
- electronic-health-records
- ai-security
- digital-health