Enabling Health Reform through Regional Health Information Exchange: A Model Study from China

Table 2

Comparison of costs in the three RHIO phases between the US [12] and Xinjin.

Stage of development	Costs in US	Costs in Xinjin regional HIE
Planning	$300,000 to $1 million	0
Development and implementation	$3 million to $10 million	$2.38 M (14.8 million RMB)
Operations	$2 million to $5 million	$0.16 M (100 M RMB)