With established message formats and standards, electronic data exchange (EDI) transactions safely transport data between healthcare organisations, insurers, and patients. The EDI system decreases data exchange and interpretation costs, addresses conversion problems, and enhances healthcare interoperability. All EDI transactions in the healthcare industry must adhere to common standards in order for health plans, clearinghouses, and healthcare organisations to exchange medical records electronically in a HIPAA-compliant manner. Electronic health records are secure and accurate thanks to EDI solutions. All parties involved in the integration of medical EDI must adhere to precise data specifications. For instance, if the information is sent to a computer that will receive it, the programmed for electronic data interchange converts it into a language that is not human. Every documentation set used by electronic data solutions has a standard code given to it. 

sorts of healthcare EDI

Ten different types of HIPAA-compliant electronic data interchange software are used by healthcare organisations: 

• Providers and patients can access and exchange data through transactions involving healthcare claims.
• Healthcare practitioners and regulatory bodies can submit retail pharmacy claims through this transaction. Additionally, this EDI software system sends payers information regarding medical billing payments and claims for retail pharmacy services.
• In order to pay healthcare providers, insurers use the healthcare claim payment/advice transaction.
• Benefits enrolment and maintenance - Unions, governmental organisations, insurance companies, associations, or healthcare organisations paying claims use this healthcare EDI software.
• This EDI transaction in healthcare makes premium payments for insurance products through payroll deduction and other group premium payments. In order to communicate with financial organisations, healthcare providers use electronic data interchange.
• Healthcare organisations can transmit enquiries about subscriber eligibility and healthcare benefits to financial institutions and governmental organisations with the use of the electronic data interchange system.