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Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN): Resources

NHIN Exchange – Committee Resources

General Resources

Coordinating Committee Policies & Procedures

Meeting Notes

Latest Resources - August 2011

Revised Specifications (Production Effective Date TBD)

Existing Specifications Currently in Effect

Latest Resources - April 2010

NHIN Digital Certificates [PDF - 150 KB]
NHIN Architecture Overview [PDF - 456 KB]
- The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) comprises standards, services and a trust fabric that enables the secure exchange of health information over the Internet. This critical part of the national health IT agenda will enable health information to follow the consumer, be available for clinical decision-making and support appropriate use of healthcare information beyond direct patient care to improve population health.
  
  One instance of the NHIN standards, services and trust fabric has been in pilot testing through the NHIN cooperative and is now ready for a limited production pilot to a broader community of Federally sponsored entities. The NHIN Exchange includes the robust technology and trust fabric necessary to support health information exchange among large nationwide organizations and federal agencies. The information presented in this draft Architectural Overview document pertains only to the NHIN Exchange. During the course of 2010, technical and policy initiatives will expand the value of NHIN standards, services and trust fabric and extend the ability to securely exchange health information to a larger audience.

2010 NHIN Final Production Specifications
The following specifications have been provisionally approved by the NHIN Technical Committee. This approval is subject to the validation of the NHIN reference implementation.

NHIN Emergence Pilot Specifications

Latest Resources - December 2009

The following specifications update and supersede the specifications from the Trial Implementations. They have been accepted by the NHIN Technical Committee as draft specifications. After being instantiated in a reference implementation, and tested, they will be submitted for final approval as NHIN version 1.0 specifications.