{"id":7881,"date":"2014-04-22T17:57:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T17:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/health-information-exchange\/"},"modified":"2016-12-15T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:57:24","slug":"health-information-exchange","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15339\/health-information-exchange-hie","title":{"rendered":"Health Information Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_health_information_exchange_mean\">What Does Health Information Exchange Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Health Information Exchange (HIE) is a system that is used for the dissemination of medical or healthcare data between different parties. 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