David Blumenthal, MD, head of ONC, told attendees at a Florida HIE summit, that states have a unique opportunity to be leaders in establishing interoperable EHR systems.

One of Washington state's three health record bank pilots, Inland Northwest Health Services, is finding that tracking down data and putting it into a usable format are formidable tasks.

The CEOs of four healthcare systems are spearheading a major recruitment drive for Health-E-Link, the Western New York Clinical Information Exchange, in the Buffalo, N.Y., area.

An HIE virtual round table hosted by Symantec discussed the different approaches states are taking to protect patient health information in health information exchanges.

The Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN) announced it will expand HIE services to its newest partner, Elkhart General Healthcare System.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders, the state-designated entity for HIE development and the regional extension center for EHR adoption, has selected athenahealth as its preferred EHR partner because of its ability to exchange data via the Vermont Health Information Exchange.

A recent study of health information exchange solution vendors shows enterprise HIEs serving integrated delivery networks, health, or hospital systems will be the fastest-growing market segment of HIE organizations in the coming two years.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will announce in July 11 contracts to develop an HIE framework based on the National Information Exchange Model, in which federal homeland security agencies share sensitive information over the Internet.

In February, we told you about Insurer Connect, a New Jersey "multi-payer portal," developed by Cambridge-based NaviNet, that would serve as a "one-stop shop" for physicians to communicate directly with an array of health plans. Created in conjunction with AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the healthcare information network seeks to reduce paperwork and communication hassles and, as one health plan executive put it, make "better use of doctors' time."

Industry experts are featured in a position paper released by Carefx on healthcare data sharing and collaboration.