The Nationwide Health Information Network has a set of tools available that will aid organizations in implementing secure electronic health information exchange. These health information network tools range from service specifications and documentation to reference implementations and actual infrastructure items. The table below lists the assets that are available with links to download the source material.

Health Information Network Tools

Asset Name	Description	Categories	Type	Release	Link to Source
Architecture
Nationwide Health Information Network Architectural Overview	Overview of the Nationwide Health Information Network architecture	Architecture	Documentation	Rel 1	Architecture Overview Document [DOC – 417 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Infrastructure	Overview of the Nationwide Health Information Network infrastructure for the network	Architecture, Infrastructure	Documentation	Rel 1	Infrastructure Overview Document [DOC – 1.3 MB]
Specifications
Nationwide Health Information Network Medicaid Eligibility Verification Specification	Describes how Nationwide Health Information Network exchange partners may use X12 270/271 transactions to transmit Medicaid Eligibility Verification data	Messaging	Specification Pilot	(n/a)	Specification [Emergence Pilot (v1.0)] [PDF – 209 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Messaging Platform Specification	Standards-based specifications set including SOAP, HTTP, PKI and HL7 v3.0 RIM-based messages that allow messaging across the Nationwide Health Information Network.	Security, Messaging	Specification	Trial, Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 189 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Web Services Registry Specification	A common, curated network registry that allows the discovery of other Nationwide Health Information Network participants and the services they offer on Nationwide Health Information Network Full	Security, Trust, Messaging	Specification, Infrastructure	Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 359 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Authorization Framework Specification	Standards-based specifications supporting the verification of trusted health information exchange across the Nationwide Health Information Network.	Security, Privacy, Trust	Specification	Trial, Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 193 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Patient Discovery Specification	Specifications allowing Nationwide Health Information Network participants to exchange demographic information to mutually establish the identity of a patient.	Privacy, Trust	Specification	Trial, Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 199 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Query for Documents Specification	Specifications allowing Nationwide Health Information Network participants to locate patient-specific documents held by other Nationwide Health Information Network participants.	Messaging	Specification	Trial, Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 178 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Retrieve Documents Specification	Specifications allowing Nationwide Health Information Network participants to retrieve patient-specific documents held by other Nationwide Health Information Network participants.	Messaging	Specification	Trial, Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 150 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Access Consent Policies Specification	Specifications defining the content and format of an access consent policy document.	Privacy, Trust	Specification	Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 154 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Health Information Event Messaging (HIEM) Specification	Specifications allowing Nationwide Health Information Network participants to indicate their desire to subscribe or unsubscribe to content and to send notifications when content matching a subscription has been created or modified.	Messaging	Specification	Trial, Rel 1	Specification (Final Prod) [PDF – 133 KB]
Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange (GIPSE) Profile	Specification defining how Nationwide Health Information Network services may be used to exchange CDC GIPSE data.	Content, Profile	Specification Pilot		Specification (Emergence Pilot) [PDF – 129 KB]
Nationwide Health Information Network Document Submission Specification	Specifications allowing Nationwide Health Information Network participants to push data pertaining to a specific patient from one Nationwide Health Information Network participant to another.	Messaging	Specification Pilot	Rel 1	Specification (Emergence Pilot) [PDF – 169 KB]
CMS CARE Profile Specification	Specifications defining how Nationwide Health Information Network services may be used to exchange CARE data.	Content, Profile	Specification Pilot		Specification (Emergence Pilot) [PDF – 127 KB]
Administrative Distribution Specification	Describes a mechanism which allows Nationwide Health Information Network exchange partners to push non patient-specific data from one Nationwide Health Information Network exchange partner to another	Messaging	Specification Pilot		Specification [Emergence Pilot (v1.0)] [PDF – 138 KB]
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Profile Definition	Defines how Nationwide Health Information Network services may be used to exchange CMS PQRI data	Content, Profile	Specification Pilot		[Emergence Pilot (v1.0)] [PDF - 124 KB]
Validation
Test Cases	Test cases to be used for validation of conformance to Nationwide Health Information Network specifications.	Test	Conformance Test	Rel 1	Test Cases (Draft R1)
Test Data	Test data used to validate conformance	Test	Conformance Test	Rel 1	Test Cases (Draft R1)
Integration Test Lab	Internet-based, automated test platform to test interoperability of Nationwide Health Information Network solutions	Test	Integration Test	Rel 1	TBD
CONNECT
CONNECT Gateway Component	The CONNECT gateway that implements the Nationwide Health Information Network specifications. Includes the Universal Client Framework that enables organizations to develop end-user applications using the enterprise service components.	Security, Privacy, Trust, Messaging	Software	Ver 2.2	Installation and Request for Access Directory Structure and Notes (2.2) CONNECT Binary (2.2.0.293) WSDLs and Schemas Third Party Components Third Party Tools (Windows) Property Files Interface Description Document
Nationwide Health Information Network-CONNECT Support	Packages required for installation of CONNECT on the Solaris Platform	Messaging	Software	Ver 2.2	Installation Instructions Third Party Packages Properties Packages Interfaces Packages Components Packages
Nationwide Health Information Network-CONNECT Support	Packages required for installation of CONNECT on the Linux Platform	Messaging	Software	Ver 2.2	Installation Instructions Gateway Binary Package Glassfish Binary Packages Interfaces Packages Properties Packages
SoapUI Test Scripts	Testing scripts that can be used to verify the CONNECT installation	Test	Installation Test	Ver 2.2	16 Test Scripts and SOAP harnesses
Software Architecture	A detailed description of the software architecture for CONNECT	Architecture	Documentation		Software Architecture
Mural Master Data Management	These tools provide a host of pluggable components that come together to provide robust applications for data standardization, deduplication and cleansing, data quality evaluation and management, data cleansing and loading, and overall data stewardship.	Plugin	Software		Installation Instructions Installation Instructions (Solaris) Third Party Components Third Party Components (Solaris) Mural Adapter Source
NIST Open-source registry and repository	The NIST solution is another optional, pluggable Enterprise Service Component for the CONNECT software.	Plugin	Software		Installation Instructions Installation Instructions (Solaris) NIST Persistent Tests NIST XDS Binary
NIST-CONNECT Test project	Includes the soapUI test project to persist a document to the NIST repository for use in the InternalSelfTest Suite when verifying NIST-CONNECT configuration changes.	Plugin	Software		NIST-CONNECT Tests
Vangent HIEOS Open-source registry and repository	The Vangent HIEOS Document Registry and Reposity is an open-source document registry and repository application. The Vangent HIEOS solution is another optional, pluggable Enterprise Service Component for the CONNECT software.	Plugin	Software		Installation Instructions (Windows and Solaris) HIEOS Binary (Solaris) HIEOS Binary (Windows)
OpenSSO XACML Policy Engine	A simplified interim implementation of the adapter policy engine with the long-term plan of introducing an open source based implementation.	Plugin	Software		Installation Instructions Installation Instructions (Solaris) Adapter Binaries OpenSSO AdapterPEPWS soapUI Tests Adapter Source
Jericho (requires OpenSSO)	The Jericho Software is dependent on the successful installation of the OpenSSO application. Links to the instructions for installing OpenSSO are included in this list.	Plugin	Software		Installation Instructions Installation Instructions (Solaris) Adapter Binaries
HIEM File Transfer Adapter	The Nationwide Health Information Network CONNECT Gateway provides services to allow an implementing organization to use HIEM with other Nationwide Health Information Network participants.	Plugin	Software		Installation Instructions Third Party Package Binaries Adapter Source File Transfer Adapter Tests File Transfer Adapter Test Instructions