HHS Advances Nationwide Health Information Network Initiative

After many months of speculation, it appears that there may be new life, opportunity, and utility associated with the NHIN prototypes funded through ONC.

• Follow this link to the December 8, 2006 press release
• Follow this link to the January 25-27 AHIC demonstration press release

HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced today that the department will support trial implementations for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). Dr. Kolodner stated by "bringing together the significant expertise and work achieved this year by the current efforts with state and local health information exchanges, we can begin to construct the 'network of networks' that will form the basis of the Nationwide Health Information Network."

In the coming months, HHS will announce details of the procurement process for the trial implementations. Proposals to create the trial implementations and work toward integrating them with the broader NHIN initiative will be solicited in spring 2007.