Mychelle Mowry, et al. - In 2004, President Bush presented a formidable challenge to the health care industry when he called for widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States and the creation of a National Health Information Network (NHIN) by 2014. Since that time, health care organizations, community health professionals, and technology vendors have turned their attention to creating the strategies, protocols, and IT infrastructures necessary to make this vision a reality