Electronic health information exchanges (HIEs) allow doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically—improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care. HIEs empower the appropriate, timely sharing of vital patient information between organizations, which can better inform decision making at the point of care. There’s even more potential for HIEs to impact outcomes when it comes to disaster preparedness, as they have the potential to provide timely access to clinical information in response to a disaster. In 2017, Dignity Health, a California-based not-for-profit organization operating hospitals and care facilities in three states, decided to connect all the eHealth exchange partners enrolled through their HIE to CA Pulse, an emergency management service that provides information to first responders and hospitals. In this episode of The Cerner Podcast, we're joined by Sean Turner, the senior director for interoperability and population health IT at Dignity Health. He discusses this project and how health care organizations can leverage HIEs for disaster preparedness.