HealtInfoNet expects to add up to seven more hospitals to the statewide health information exchange over the next year, bringing the total number of participating hospitals to 22. By 2015, HIN plans to include all of the state's hospitals and approximately 80 percent of Maine's physician practices.

"This funding is critical as hospitals and primary care providers continue to upgrade and improve their data and medical record management systems, and also will help facilitate information sharing between health care providers," said U.S. Senator Susan Collins.
HealthInfoNet's secure clinical database now contains approximately half of Maine's entire 1.3 million population. This means that clinicians participating in HealthInfoNet's two-year demonstration phase now have 24/7 access---for the first time---to critically important patient-specific data on a statewide basis.  Hundreds of physicians are now registered with HealthInfoNet. Each day, more medical care teams are accessing data to help make better-informed decisions.  This has proven particularly useful in the care of more than 85,000 patients who sought care in recent months at two or more provider sites that previously did not electronically share patient data.
Over time, the database will grow to include clinical information for most Maine residents (except those who choose to "opt out.")  To date, about 4,000 individuals have decided not to participate in HIN.