Assessing HIE stakeholder readiness for consumer access: lessons learned from the NHIN trial implementations.

Personal health records (PHRs) have the potential to empower patient decision-making. Integrating PHRs into the nation's health information infrastructure via the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) may accelerate their adoption and use. PHR and NHIN technical development activities are advancing, but little is known about provider acceptance of PHR usage in this manner.

Building a production-ready infrastructure to enhance medication management: early lessons from the nationwide health information network.

Poor medication management practices can lead to serious erosion of health care quality and safety. The DHHS Medication Management Use Case outlines methods for the exchange of electronic health information to improve medication management practices. In this case report, the authors describe initial development of Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) services to support the Medication Management Use Case.