Hospital Health Information Exchange by the Numbers

Health information exchange technology is in use among hospitals across the country.

Health information exchange technology is in use among hospitals across the country.
While advancing interoperability is the aim of several current federal health IT initiatives, health information exchange is already occurring. The mechanisms for exchanging health data exchange differ as to their output and usability, but they do bridge information gaps between healthcare providers.

CommonWell Health Alliance, Carequality, eHealth Exchange, Care Everywhere. Many of these terms are recognizable as prominent players in health data exchange.
CommonWell made a name for itself back in 2013 as an industry-driven consortium of EHR vendors with the goal of making their EHR technology interoperable.

The following year in 2013 The Sequoia Project, then Healtheway, was similar initiative with the goal of establishing nationwide standards for interoperability. The group is also responsible for managing the eHealth Exchange, formerly the Nationwide Health Information Network...