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AZ HIE Integrates Advance Directives to Inform Clinical Decision Making

The HIE integrated an advance directive registry to inform clinical decision making through seamless access to patients’ end-of-life care wishes.

AZ HIE Integrates Advance Directives to Inform Clinical Decision Making

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By Hannah Nelson

- Health Current, Arizona's statewide health information exchange (HIE), has announced that it will integrate advance directives to provide seamless access to patients’ end-of-life care wishes for clinical decision making.

The HIE has partnered with the vendor Care Directives to create the Arizona Healthcare Directives Registry (AzHDR).

The AzHDR will provide a secure, reliable place to complete, upload, and save Arizonans' advance directives so providers have access to patients’ end-of-life care wishes.