The East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN), a regional health information exchange (HIE) initiative based in Knoxville, will use the Axolotl HIE platform from OptumInsight to connect healthcare providers in 17  Eastern Tennessee counties to the statewide HIE run by the Health Information Partnership for Tennessee.

According to the Eden Prairie, Minn.-headquartered OptumInsight, etHIN Executive Director Leigh Sterling hopes that the move will improve care coordination in the region.