DHIN News Releases

DHIN was the first statewide HIE in the nation (Launched May 2007).

DHIN and other stakeholders played a major role in creating the State Healthcare Innovation Plan (SHIP).

DHIN has been financially sustainable since 2012.

Nearly 100% of Delaware providers who make orders are enrolled in DHIN.

More than 90% of DHIN-enrolled practices which order medical tests receive their clinical results / reports exclusively through DHIN.

Three million unique patients from 50 states are represented in the master patient index.

More than 11,000 healthcare professionals use DHIN.

Three federally qualified health centers (La Red Health Center, Henrietta Johnson Medical Center and Westside Family Health) are among the practices exclusively receiving results via DHIN.

DHIN and other stakeholders played a major role in creating the State Healthcare Innovation Plan (SHIP).

Five hospital emergency departments and laboratories send data through DHIN to the Division of Public Health for public health monitoring.

All 46 long term care facilities in the state use DHIN in the care of their residents.

DHIN ranks #6 in the nation in volume of data exchanged with a Public Health Agency.**
** Source: ONC Health IT Dashboard, https://dashboard.healthit.gov/. as of Q4 CY2013

DHIN has been financially sustainable since 2012.

DHIN makes more than 14 million deliveries of clinical results and reports each year.

All Delaware acute care hospitals participate in DHIN, including Nemours, Bayhealth, Beebe Healthcare, Christiana Care Health System, Tidal Health and Saint Francis Healthcare.

Nearly 100% of labs and radiology tests in Delaware are delivered through DHIN.