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The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) is a health information technology strategy that will provide the foundation for an interoperable, standards-based network for the secure exchange of health care information. A NHIN is a “network of networks” that will securely connect consumers, providers and others who have, or use, health-related data and services, while protecting the confidentiality of health information.
In November 2005, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) awarded four contracts for developing prototype architectures for an NHIN to Accenture, Computer Sciences Corporation, IBM and Northrop Grumman. Each contractor was asked to develop a prototype architecture for the NHIN and to interconnect three communities as a demonstration of the architecture.
The Summary Report of the NHIN Prototype Architecture provides an overview of the NHIN prototype architecture projects and their plans for implementation through NHIN operational services.
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