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December 17, 2010 By Kenneth Adler, MD, Rick Harper, PhD, Robert Hoyt, MD A patient shows up at the emergency room unconscious and unable to give a history. Another patient arrives at his primary care physician's office 3 days after an emergency room visit, and the primary doctor has received no information. A specialist sees a third patient for a consultation and receives none of the critical records needed to help her make the consultation efficient and effective. These scenarios and many others like them, unfortunately, are all too commonplace. The consequences of incomplete information at the point-of-care can be inconvenience, inefficiency, increased costs, and adverse, even life-threatening outcomes for patients. more

The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) set of standards, services and policies have been evolving through the years. In addition to funding statewide health information exchanges (HIEs), the federal government is touting connectivity using the NHIN. more

ISMA e-Reports March 2, 2009 Two Indiana physicians made a trip to Washington, D.C., to showcase our state’s ability to exchange health information electronically. Now you can see and learn ... more

Trudi Matthews September 24, 2008 Collaborative Partnership Using Axolotl's Technology to Further the Nation’s Goal to Interconnect Healthcare Cincinnati, OH; Bloomington, IN, September 24, 2008 – HealthBridge, the nation’s largest ... more

Cooperative agreements totaling approximately $600,000 have been awarded to six organizations to expand the participation in testing and demonstrations in the trial implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network ... more