•Standardize and clinically integrate the display of all
diagnostic tests for the statewide
RI HIE Project by granting the U.S. patent rights to the state as an in-kind contribution.•Rhode Island will develop and deploy this nationally
replicable, clinically logical
display format and share it with other leading HIEs and their contracted HIT vendors.
•Rhode Island and other states will produce private
sector income to sustain
HIE operations and expand its services by sharing in royalty paymentsbased on sales of the DIS format in other states.