Blumenthal: States are ’ground zero’ for heath info exchange

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Government Health IT, August 24, 2009

National coordinator for health IT Dr. David Blumenthal recently said states and local jurisdictions will be responsible for building the infrastructure on which health information exchange will operate. That means states also bear the burden of solving policy conflicts that will arise when health exchange transactions cross state lines, he added.

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