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What is a health information exchange?

Health information exchanges (HIEs) facilitate the secure exchange of health information within and across states. Sharing information in this way is one of the requirements of meaningful use. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has made 56 awards totally $548 million to help states and territories in the US develop secure health information exchanges.

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As of May 26, 2011, all state strategic and operational plans were approved; read state plans at http://statehieresources.org/state-plans/.