VITL is legislatively designated to operate the Vermont Health Information Exchange (VHIE), a secure, statewide health information exchange. VITL gives health care organizations in Vermont the ability to electronically exchange and access their patients’ health information in order to improve the quality, safety, and cost of patient care.
Since 2005, VITL has collected, matched, and standardized patient data from health care organizations across the state, including hospitals, primary and specialty care providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, home health providers, nursing homes, commercial labs, and others.
The data is delivered to stakeholders, including participating health care organizations, to inform providers’ point-of-care decisions; to OneCare Vermont and the Vermont Blueprint for Health for their work to improve and reform care; and to the Vermont Department of Health to support public health efforts in service of all Vermonters.