Only six months live and one million patient records secured by the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE).

Only six months live and one million patient records secured by the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE).

Those are the numbers for the HIE, an initiative of the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC), and powered by the Irving, Tx.-based Sandlot Solutions. MetroChicago HIE’s one-millionth patient record was created in early February at Centegra Health System. It represents a significant step toward the organization’s ultimate goal of a single patient record for all 9.2 million Chicagoland residents, officials say.

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