HIEs start to exchange data

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Health Data Management, September 8, 2009

Three regional health information exchanges have started exchanging real-time data on real patients among themselves. According to the participating organizations, this is the nation's first live, multi-region clinical information exchange. The participants include the Indiana Health Information Exchange in Indianapolis, HealthLINC in Bloomington, IN, and HealthBridge in Cincinnati.

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