Blumenthal Rethinks National Data Exchange

A Q&A with National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal.

The US government for six years has been developing the Nationwide Health Information Network, a network of regional health information networks to enable the secure sharing of patient data. Now NHIN is being re-envisioned. Instead of aiming to have all healthcare providers on one granddaddy of a national network, the new goal is to get more providers sharing data, even if it's just with practitioners in their immediate vicinity.