“The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Kaiser Permanente have launched a pilot project in the San Diego area that they say will let them exchange—with a patient’s permission—electronic health record data about health issues, medications, and allergies for the first time.
The project announced Wednesday is using the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), which provides a technological gateway to support interoperability standards and permits the secure exchange of health information between treating physicians, when authorized by a patient. Led by the Department of Health and Human Services, the NHIN will let providers from participating organizations send data around-the-clock in a secure fashion.”
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Janice Simmons, HealthLeaders Media, 7 January 2010
