Costs, Standards Challenge Info Exchange

NeHC is a public-private partnership established with funds from HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to bolster information-exchange efforts. Over a five-day period earlier this month, NeHC conducted an online survey of 7,000 stakeholders, 185 of whom completed the questionnaire. Read the full story: http://hcp.lv/y63gOm

Source: ModernHealthcare.com

Funding, interoperability standards and provider adoption are among the biggest obstacles facing widespread health information exchange, according to survey results (PDF) released by the Washington-based National eHealth Collaborative.