Health Information Exchange (HIE) can be deployed in which of the following ways?

• A. Private network only
• B. Regionally only
• C. Privately or regionally
• D. Public cloud only

Answer: (C)

Health information exchange deployments are built to enable data sharing across organizations, so they’re not limited to a single boundary. A privately run network serves a single organization or a trusted set of partners, ensuring tight control over data access. A regional exchange links multiple providers within a geographic area to enable broader data sharing across different organizations. Because HIEs are designed to support both internal use and cross-organization sharing within a region, the most accurate option is that HIEs can be deployed privately or regionally. The other options are too restrictive: a private network only limits cross-organization sharing, a regionally only confines deployment to a region regardless of ownership, and public cloud only doesn’t capture the common, governance-driven approaches used for many HIE implementations.