HIE Use Case Toolkit

This toolkit contains resources, tools, and examples to develop effective use cases for Health Information Exchange (HIE).

Introduction tab Use Case Examples tab Resources tab Tools tab Use Case Library tab

Use Case Tools

Use Cases consist of a diagram and description of the information exchange to be solved electronically. Use the templates and icons shown below to build your diagrams and descriptions. Click on any image to download the item.

Download Templates and Icons Grouped in Zip Files

Click on any image to download the templates and icons grouped in zip files; or download single items down below.

 

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ALL USE CASE TEMPLATES

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ALL PROVIDER AND PATIENT ICONS

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ALL ORGANIZATION ICONS

Download Trading Partner Templates

Click on any image to download a single template file, consisting of PowerPoint diagram and description slides.

Two Trading Partners Use Case icon

TWO TRADING PARTNERS

Three Trading Partners Use Case icon

THREE TRADING PARTNERS

Four Trading Partners Use Case icon

FOUR TRADING PARTNERS

Download Exchange Flow Templates

Click on any image to download a single template file, consisting of PowerPoint diagram and description slides.

One exchange flow icon

ONE EXCHANGE FLOW

Two exchange flows icon

TWO EXCHANGE FLOWS

Three exchange flows icon

THREE EXCHANGE FLOWS

Download Provider Icons

Click on any image to download a single icon file. Insert the relevant icon file into the PowerPoint templates.

Primary Care Provider icon

PRIMARY CARE

 

Specialty Care Provider icon

SPECIALTY CARE

 

Doctor icon

DOCTOR

 

First Nurse icon

Second Nurse icon

NURSE

 

Therapist icon

THERAPIST

 

Dentist icon

DENTIST

 

Practice Manager icon

PRACTICE MANAGER

 

First Nurse Practitioner icon

Second Nurse Practitioner icon

NURSE PRACTITIONER

 

 Ambulatory Practice icon

AMBULATORY CARE

 

Behavioral Health icon

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Long-Term Post-Acute Care icon

LONG-TERM & POST-ACUTE CARE

Ambulance icon

AMBULANCE

Download Organization Icons

Click on any image to download a single icon file. Insert the relevant icon file into the PowerPoint templates.

Hospital icon

HOSPITAL

 

Integrated Care Facility icon

INTEGRATED CARE FACILITY

 

Community Health Center icon

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

 

Mental Health Facility icon

MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY

 

Long-Term Post-Acute Care Facility icon

LTPAC FACILITY

 

Laboratory icon

LABORATORY

 

Emergency Room icon

EMERGENCY ROOM

 

Rehabilitation Facility icon

REHABILITATION FACILITY

 

Health Clinic icon

HEALTH CLINIC

 

Doctor Office icon

DOCTOR'S OFFICE

 

School icon

SCHOOL

 

Substance Abuse Treatment Center icon

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER

 

Public Health Registry icon

PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRY

 

Home Health icon

HOME HEALTH

 

Pharmacy icon

PHARMACY

 

Health Plan icon

HEALTH PLAN

 

Public Health Department icon

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

 

Right to Use

These icons were developed by MeHI, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute. These templates can be used without license to build your use cases, provided you acknowledge MeHI by including the following statement in your use case slides: "Icons provided by MeHI at https://mehi.masstech.org"

Request to Share your Use Cases

To aid the Mass HIway in expanding the Use Case Library to assist providers, send your use cases to:

Envelope icon    masshiway@state.ma.us  

Request new Icons

To request alternative icons to be added to our Use Case Tools, email your request to:

Envelope icon    masshiway@state.ma.us