Health Internet

For whatever reason people simply do not get what the NHIN is and what its implications are. This feels like a repeat of what happened to me more than a year ago. The NHIN (which has been rebranded the “Nationwide Health Information Network” or NWHIN from “National Health Information Network” in response to these silly […]

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What protocol for NHIN Direct?

[Update 6-10-10: added new spectrum “False Interface Potentia” based on comment from David Tao. Added “End User Perception” based on comment from Erik Pupo.  Removed controversial portions. full explanation at the end] Currently, the NHIN Direct project is having a debate around what protocol to use. NHIN Direct is supposed to enable something that “feels […]

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The Power of Push

Hi, The NHIN Direct network has been criticized for lacking relevance for health information exchange. Specifically, Latanya Sweeney has submitted testimony to congress which has nothing good to say about either NHIN project. The paragraph I want to highlight says: ONC’s website also describes NHIN Direct [11] as a parallel initiative underway [3]. The idea […]

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