Explore the functionality of the health information exchange (HIE).  Both regional and local exchanges can provide benefits to both patients and healthcare providers.  Evaluate the benefits and level of adoption of these information exchanges.  Relate these benefits to population health management.  Evaluate the value and usefulness of information exchanges.  Analyze and suggest how patient continuity of care can be improved by access to an HIE.

Team-Building and Communications Proposal You have just been hired as a consultant to the chief executive officer (CEO) of a health care organization. Your duty is to improve the management tools and practices needed to work in teams, build cross-functional teams, and facilitate collaborative decision- making.  You need to identify elements found in an effective health care work group and identify barriers to communication that may cause conflict within a group. Suggest some types of communication techniques that can be used to avoid conflicts within a team.  You need to address ways to improve communication among departments in an organization to avoid conflict. Finally, identify strategies that may be used to avoid recurring conflicts and ways a leader can prevent conflict within the team in the organization. Based upon what you have learned in this class, prepare a 1,250–1,500-word paper in which you propose a quality improvement plan to present to the CEO addressing these issues. Cite at least four references to validate your proposal. Prepare this Assignment according to the APA guidelines.

Explore the functionality of the health information exchange (HIE).  Both regional and local exchanges can provide benefits to both patients and healthcare providers.  Evaluate the benefits and level of adoption of these information exchanges.  Relate these benefits to population health management.  Evaluate the value and usefulness of information exchanges.  Analyze and suggest how patient continuity of care can be improved by access to an HIE.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 4-6 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages.
• Include 3-5 references. Remember, you must support your thinking/opinions and prior knowledge with references; all facts must be supported; in-text references used throughout the assignment must be included in an APA-formatted reference list.