United States provided around $400 million to local governments to develop statewide health information technology programs. They aim to rapidly develop Health Information Exchanges (HIE), in order to streamline information sharing and the continuity of patient care.
Although states support HIEs widely (as a means of sharing electronic patient information across providers), few state governments agree on the best approach to implementing them.
"Every state in the country will get significant funds to create an exchange that essentially works like an interstate highway connecting the entire state," said Matthew Bates, MPH, senior vice president in the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters and co-author of the paper.
