NHIN Architecture:
Key Resources

Before a nationwide health information network can be fully realized, standards must be developed to facilitate integration, interoperability and connectivity among all electronic systems. Government and industry organizations, such as Health Level 7 and the Commission on Systemic Interoperability, are working to create standards and build the framework for the NHIN architecture. You can find more information on our Key Resources page.

Other key resources, such as the Integrating Healthcare Enterprise and the Federal Information Processing Standards , focus on standards, initiatives and architecture pertaining to the development of the nationwide health information network.

Ken Rubin, senior healthcare architect for Electronic Data Systems, has launched a blog to discuss ideas, approaches, standards and architecture to establish and support open interoperability among healthcare IT systems. You can read it  here .

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