State and regional HIEs: ‘Don’t count us out just yet!’
Healthcare IT News January 28, 2019
Even as EHR vendor-driven networks gain maturity and scope, older and more traditional health information exchanges still have a lot of critical value to bring to the table, one expert says.
Once upon a time, not too long ago, state and regional health information exchanges were really where it was at when it came to interoperability in the U.S. Earlier this decade, the betting was on those HIEs across the country to help build the infrastructure and use cases for nationwide data exchange.
That’s why programs such as ONC’s State HIE Cooperative Agreement Program disbursed $548 million to 56 awardees in 2010 to help them “develop and advance resources” for interoperability and, eventually, become self-sustainable. As we all know, many...