This paper gives a synopsis on the past, present and future of Health Information Exchange (HIE) in Tennessee (TN).
In TN, the concept of HIE was conceived on June 7, 2010 (TNOeHI, 2012). This was after Office of eHealth Initiatives (OeHI), Department of Finance and Administration, the State of TN and the State HIE program submitted Operational Plans (SOP) and the TN HIE to Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) (TNOeHI, 2012). The submitted plan spelt out TN’s roadmap for Implementing HIE. It showed how the HIE network connects various organizations to each, to the national gateways, as well as, other enterprises. Two months later after its inception, the State of TN submitted an ...