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Is Interoperability A Hindrance To The Nationwide Health Information Exchange (Nhie)?, Nitesh Patil, Sruthi Katamneni

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Introduction: HIE is the exchange of clinical data as well as healthcare data among the providers, healthcare institutions, and data repositories. Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), was adopted in the year 2004, under the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) with an objective to share the files electronically securely and in a safe manner.

Methodology: The literature review included 40 references in which information relevant to the purpose of this study was scrutinized; these references met the inclusion criterion. The methodology for this study was an extensive and thorough literature review. The sources utilized in this …