“For a short time last week, the ANIA/CARING annual conference in Boston became an informal HIE progress report from some of the savviest health IT users on the front lines. During a presentation that discussed the role of nursing informatics in the HITECH Act activities, nursing informaticists from across the U.S. weighed in.
What is an HIE? Presenter John Delaney, RN, director of IT outreach at University Medical Center (UMC) in Lubbock, Texas, said his hospital was ready to declare itself a health information exchange. UMC and its companion ambulatory facility were both using Cerner EMRs and share the same database.”
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Mary Stevens, CMIO, 27 April 2010
