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Solberg D et al. - When discussions began to establish a health information exchange (HIE) at the Kittitas Valley Community Health Information Network (KVCHIN), the HIE was little more than a pipe dream. Clinics in the region still maintained paper-based patient records, and individual provider investment in electronic health record (EHR) systems was anticipated to be prohibitively expensive. Many clinicians and administrators, however, had a desire to see such automation touch their facilities — and their patients. They decided an answer lay in a standard EHR platform and shared community health network.

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