title: State and community-based efforts to foster interoperability.
abstract: The MidSouth eHealth Alliance is developing a comprehensive health information infrastructure supporting providers in three Tennessee counties. Success in the alliance's first year is the result of sustained leadership, a systematic assessment of regional needs and capabilities, a flexible technical architecture, and a critical review of best practices from four different data exchange models already operating in other states. Long-term evolution to a truly interoperable health information infrastructure will depend on the extent to which the alliance demonstrates value to consumers and practitioners.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. mark.frisse@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Frisse
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D013219:State Government; D013714:Tennessee