States have until 2015 to create a health information exchange, but as that date approaches questions remain whether the individual state exchanges will be interoperable.

The Interoperability Workgroup, which includes seven states, eleven health IT vendors and several health information exchange is close to announcing a standard for health data exchanges specifications, reports Information Week.

As more and more hospitals and physicians connect with the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, the coordination of care becomes easier, reports Summit Daily.