NIH Grant Aims to Boost Image Sharing

Heart IT and Johns Hopkins Medicine announced the award of a $2.25M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enable the inclusion of medical images in the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

NHIN, a federal initiative of the National Office of the Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is being developed to provide a secure, nationwide, interoperable health information infrastructure that will connect providers, consumers, and others involved in supporting healthcare. This critical part of the national health 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 health...