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Overhage, J.M. - The country has identified health information exchange (HIE) as an essential strategy to address our crisis of cost, quality, and safety in health care. The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) will consist of a "network of networks"—interconnected local or regional HIEs. We must create policy and technical interfaces that allow these local exchanges to share data with each other


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