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Health Information Exchange | RWJBarnabas Health
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Patients & Visitors
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
RWJBarnabas Health Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Many health care providers currently rely on slow, inconvenient methods
such as telephone, fax, mail and courier to obtain their patients’
health information. These methods are often time-consuming and can result
in health information being lost, misplaced or arriving too late. Health
Information Exchange (HIE) is the secure, rapid, electronic transfer of
your health information among the providers that treat you. Since each
provider holds a different portion of your health information, an HIE
gives your treating providers a more complete picture of your health record.
What is a HIE?
RWJBarnabas Health’s Health Information Exchange (RWJBH HIE) allows
your RWJBarnabas Health-affiliated hospitals, doctors and other health
care providers to electronically share your protected health information
(PHI) with each other in a secure, timely manner. For example, this health
information could include reports about your illnesses, injuries, allergies,
medicines and test results.
How will my information be used?
Protected Health Information (PHI) about you that is obtained through the
RWJBarnabas Health HIE will be used for treatment only. Policies that
follow federal and state law limit how your information can be used or
disclosed through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE. The privacy notices distributed
by each individual provider explains how those providers use the PHI that
those providers have and collect about you independent of the HIE.
How does the HIE work?
In order for electronic protected health information (EPHI) to be obtained
by your provider (e.g., your X-Ray results electronically sent back from
Radiology to the physician who ordered them), EPHI is stored in, and may
pass through, the RWJBarnabas Health HIE secure server. When participating
in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, only authorized health care providers will
have access to the EPHI stored in that server.
Who can access my records through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE?
Only health care providers who are participants in the RWJBarnabas Health
HIE, and their associated staff, who are treating you, are specifically
given rights to access your PHI through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE.
How secure is the RWJBarnabas Health HIE?
Special security features, including data encryption and audit logs, are
used to keep your information secure and help prevent your records from
being accessed by anyone who is not supposed to have access to your information.
Even with all these security protections in place, if we discover breaches
of your information through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, you will be notified,
and the RWJBarnabas Health HIE and your participating health care provider
will take steps to correct the problem.
What about my "sensitive" information?
Sensitive information in the HIE may include health information about you
that is more protected under law, such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted
diseases, behavioral and mental health information, and genetic testing.
Our policies prohibit this sensitive information from being used for any
reason other than treatment of you by your health care providers.
We take your privacy very seriously. The RWJBarnabas Health HIE has safeguards
to ensure as best as possible that sensitive information is accessed only
as permitted by law.
What can the HIE do for me?
Participating in an HIE- that is, consenting to share your health information
with your health care providers offers major benefits to you and your family.
Benefits Include:
Emergency Treatment. Medical staff immediately know about your allergies,
health problems, medications, and prior visits, helping them care for
you without delay.
More complete and accurate information. HIE gives your health care providers
greater access to the information needed to diagnose your health problems
earlier. They will know more about you and your health history before
they recommend treatment.
Improved Care. Access to information about care you received elsewhere
gives a better, more complete picture of your health and provides information
needed to provide the best care possible. That means your care providers
can make sure the treatment they give doesn't interact badly with other
treatments you may be receiving. For example, when you can't remember
what medications you are taking, HIE can make information about your conditions
and medications available to your doctors, so they will know the right
thing to do instead of doing something that might tbe harmful.
Other "Connected” HIEs
RWJBarnabas Health HIE will also be creating secure "connections"
to other community-based HIE networks. For example, if you are being treated
by two doctors - one who is in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE and another
who participates in a different HIE - your two doctors could share your
medical information through a secure connection between the two HIEs to
better coordinate your care.
The RWJBarnabas Health HIE will not connect to another HIE unless it meets
the RWJBarnabas Health HIE’s high standards for privacy and security.
Can I access my own medical records?
With the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, your records are only available to participating
health care providers, for instance, the doctor who is treating you. If
you want copies of your medical records, you should contact your health
providers directly.
HIE Opt-out form
(pdf)
Contact Us:
RWJBH Corporate HIM
Data Integrity Department
2 Crescent Place Oceanport, NJ 07757
E-mail:
DataIntegrity@rwjbh.org
How do I sign up?
There is no need to do anything further. If you received treatment from
an RWJBarnabas Health-affiliated hospital or affiliated physician office
that participates in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, then your health information
is automatically stored in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE and will be made
accessible to all RWJBarnabas Health HIE participants unless you decide
to "Opt Out."
If you do not want your health information to be electronically accessed
through the RWJBarnabas HIE, you must submit a completed RWJBarnabas Health
HIE Opt-Out form
(pdf).
Once you submit an HIE Opt-Out form, your information will not be accessible
to anyone through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE,
even in the case of an emergency
, and your providers will need to share your information with each other
in the same way that they have in the past, such as by telephone, fax, or mail.
If you previously submitted a RWJBarnabas Health HIE Opt-Out form but now
have changed your mind, you must complete, sign, and submit the
CANCELLATION OF PRIOR RWJBARNABAS HEALTH
HIE OPT-OUT form
(pdf), which will cancel your previous decision to opt out.
I still have questions. Whom do I contact?
If you have additional questions about the RWJBarnabas Health HIE that
are not covered in this brochure, please contact the RWJBarnabas Health HIE at
DataIntegrity@rwjbh.org
.
DISCLAIMER: THIS PAGE IS BEING PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
THE STATEMENTS WE MAKE ON THIS PAGE DO NOT PROVIDE A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. NONE OF RWJBARNABAS HEALTH, INC., OR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OR ANY OTHER THIRD
PARTY CAN GUARANTEE A SPECIFIC OUTCOME AS A RESULT OF ANY PERSON'S USE
OR PARTICIPATION IN THE RWJBARNABAS HEALTH HIE, OR ANY OTHER HIE.
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110 Rehill Avenue
Somerville
,
NJ
08876
USA
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Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Patients & Visitors
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
RWJBarnabas Health Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Many health care providers currently rely on slow, inconvenient methods
such as telephone, fax, mail and courier to obtain their patients’
health information. These methods are often time-consuming and can result
in health information being lost, misplaced or arriving too late. Health
Information Exchange (HIE) is the secure, rapid, electronic transfer of
your health information among the providers that treat you. Since each
provider holds a different portion of your health information, an HIE
gives your treating providers a more complete picture of your health record.
What is a HIE?
RWJBarnabas Health’s Health Information Exchange (RWJBH HIE) allows
your RWJBarnabas Health-affiliated hospitals, doctors and other health
care providers to electronically share your protected health information
(PHI) with each other in a secure, timely manner. For example, this health
information could include reports about your illnesses, injuries, allergies,
medicines and test results.
How will my information be used?
Protected Health Information (PHI) about you that is obtained through the
RWJBarnabas Health HIE will be used for treatment only. Policies that
follow federal and state law limit how your information can be used or
disclosed through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE. The privacy notices distributed
by each individual provider explains how those providers use the PHI that
those providers have and collect about you independent of the HIE.
How does the HIE work?
In order for electronic protected health information (EPHI) to be obtained
by your provider (e.g., your X-Ray results electronically sent back from
Radiology to the physician who ordered them), EPHI is stored in, and may
pass through, the RWJBarnabas Health HIE secure server. When participating
in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, only authorized health care providers will
have access to the EPHI stored in that server.
Who can access my records through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE?
Only health care providers who are participants in the RWJBarnabas Health
HIE, and their associated staff, who are treating you, are specifically
given rights to access your PHI through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE.
How secure is the RWJBarnabas Health HIE?
Special security features, including data encryption and audit logs, are
used to keep your information secure and help prevent your records from
being accessed by anyone who is not supposed to have access to your information.
Even with all these security protections in place, if we discover breaches
of your information through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, you will be notified,
and the RWJBarnabas Health HIE and your participating health care provider
will take steps to correct the problem.
What about my "sensitive" information?
Sensitive information in the HIE may include health information about you
that is more protected under law, such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted
diseases, behavioral and mental health information, and genetic testing.
Our policies prohibit this sensitive information from being used for any
reason other than treatment of you by your health care providers.
We take your privacy very seriously. The RWJBarnabas Health HIE has safeguards
to ensure as best as possible that sensitive information is accessed only
as permitted by law.
What can the HIE do for me?
Participating in an HIE- that is, consenting to share your health information
with your health care providers offers major benefits to you and your family.
Benefits Include:
Emergency Treatment. Medical staff immediately know about your allergies,
health problems, medications, and prior visits, helping them care for
you without delay.
More complete and accurate information. HIE gives your health care providers
greater access to the information needed to diagnose your health problems
earlier. They will know more about you and your health history before
they recommend treatment.
Improved Care. Access to information about care you received elsewhere
gives a better, more complete picture of your health and provides information
needed to provide the best care possible. That means your care providers
can make sure the treatment they give doesn't interact badly with other
treatments you may be receiving. For example, when you can't remember
what medications you are taking, HIE can make information about your conditions
and medications available to your doctors, so they will know the right
thing to do instead of doing something that might tbe harmful.
Other "Connected” HIEs
RWJBarnabas Health HIE will also be creating secure "connections"
to other community-based HIE networks. For example, if you are being treated
by two doctors - one who is in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE and another
who participates in a different HIE - your two doctors could share your
medical information through a secure connection between the two HIEs to
better coordinate your care.
The RWJBarnabas Health HIE will not connect to another HIE unless it meets
the RWJBarnabas Health HIE’s high standards for privacy and security.
Can I access my own medical records?
With the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, your records are only available to participating
health care providers, for instance, the doctor who is treating you. If
you want copies of your medical records, you should contact your health
providers directly.
HIE Opt-out form
(pdf)
Contact Us:
RWJBH Corporate HIM
Data Integrity Department
2 Crescent Place Oceanport, NJ 07757
E-mail:
DataIntegrity@rwjbh.org
How do I sign up?
There is no need to do anything further. If you received treatment from
an RWJBarnabas Health-affiliated hospital or affiliated physician office
that participates in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE, then your health information
is automatically stored in the RWJBarnabas Health HIE and will be made
accessible to all RWJBarnabas Health HIE participants unless you decide
to "Opt Out."
If you do not want your health information to be electronically accessed
through the RWJBarnabas HIE, you must submit a completed RWJBarnabas Health
HIE Opt-Out form
(pdf).
Once you submit an HIE Opt-Out form, your information will not be accessible
to anyone through the RWJBarnabas Health HIE,
even in the case of an emergency
, and your providers will need to share your information with each other
in the same way that they have in the past, such as by telephone, fax, or mail.
If you previously submitted a RWJBarnabas Health HIE Opt-Out form but now
have changed your mind, you must complete, sign, and submit the
CANCELLATION OF PRIOR RWJBARNABAS HEALTH
HIE OPT-OUT form
(pdf), which will cancel your previous decision to opt out.
I still have questions. Whom do I contact?
If you have additional questions about the RWJBarnabas Health HIE that
are not covered in this brochure, please contact the RWJBarnabas Health HIE at
DataIntegrity@rwjbh.org
.
DISCLAIMER: THIS PAGE IS BEING PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
THE STATEMENTS WE MAKE ON THIS PAGE DO NOT PROVIDE A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. NONE OF RWJBARNABAS HEALTH, INC., OR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OR ANY OTHER THIRD
PARTY CAN GUARANTEE A SPECIFIC OUTCOME AS A RESULT OF ANY PERSON'S USE
OR PARTICIPATION IN THE RWJBARNABAS HEALTH HIE, OR ANY OTHER HIE.
Our Quality
Testimonials
Appointments
The care was incredible. They all encouraged me and made me feel like I was their most important patient. They kept telling me, ‘We’re going to get through this,
Steve
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Since the surgery, I'm walking without pain. I'm walking without a limp and I was even able to dance with my son at his wedding.
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“I was beyond stressed – it’s hard to explain unless you go through it,” says Jean, age 63. “But that recommendation was the best one I’ve ever received in my life.”
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Read More
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Apr 9, 2026
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Mar 24, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
Preparation for Breastfeeding
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Apr 24, 2026
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Find A Doctor
RWJ University Hospital Somerset
110 Rehill Avenue
Somerville
,
NJ
08876
USA
(908) 685-2200
Get Directions
Hours
Monday-Saturday 8:00am-9:00pm
Sunday CLOSED
(732) 557-2060
Not finding the treatment you're looking for?
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