Plans are underway in Chicago to develop the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE), expected to serve 9.4 million patients.
WAHA, through its Transforming Health Care project, hopes to develop a similar system here in Whatcom County.
HIEs have the potential to improve quality of care and health outcomes and reduce health care costs by allowing providers to share information across organizations.
Read more about the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange.
Will ours also be the “largest”?