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RHIOs: Key Resources

Find a complete list of operating regional health information organizations and RHIO initiatives, as well as other agencies related to regional health information organizations here.

See what's new with established RHIOs such as the Maine Health Information Network Technology (MHINT) and the Indiana Health Information Exchange. Learn about newly formed organizations such as the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange and Tennessee's Volunteer eHealth Initiative, both of which span multiple statewide counties. Look up public and private agencies that fund and work with regional health information organizations.

William Yasnoff, MD, PhD, the former senior advisor for National Health Information Infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has launched a new blog. You can read it here.

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RHIOs

Nebraska HIE expands to central part of state

Nebraska Health Information Initiative, a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) announced it has successfully expanded its ability for providers to share patient data to Central Nebraska.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Business Wire

Date: February 24, 2010

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Oregon to get $21 million for health IT

Oregon will use the $21 million it will receive from the Dept. of Health and Human Services for expanding its EHRs and developing a statewide health information exchange.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: The Lund Report

Date: February 24, 2010

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White House looks to government agencies to form health IT task force

The White House is looking for government agencies to create a health IT task force to coordinate federal agencies' health IT initiatives.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Government Health IT

Date: February 23, 2010

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Washington, D.C., to spend federal funds on health IT, HIE

The District of Columbia and two local healthcare organizations will share $15.4 million in federal stimulus funds to advance health information exchange and other health IT initiatives.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: The Washington Post

Date: February 23, 2010

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HIEs in No. Calif. and southeast Nebraska demonstrate patient data exchange

Redwood MedNet of Mendocino, Calif., and Thayer County Health Services and the Southeast Nebraska Health Information Exchange demonstrated patient data exchange using open-source platform.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: StreetInsider.com

Date: February 23, 2010

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ARRA grant to build out Penn. broadband network

Pennsylvania will use the nearly $100 milllion National Telecommunications and Information Administration grant, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to build out a statewide broadband network. This will enable providers to share patient data.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Advance

Date: February 23, 2010

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Four Texas hospitals closer to sharing patient data

Four Texas hospitals are working with a Houston-based health IT company to integrate data from their EHRs and become a regional health information organization.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Abilene Reporter-News

Date: February 22, 2010

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Kansas to use ARRA funding for statewide HIE

The Kansas Health Information Exchange Project will use the $9 million it received from the Dept. of Health and Human Services to improve the exchange of patient data statewide.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Topeka Capital Journal

Date: February 22, 2010

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Michigan hospital to connect to community docs with HIE platform

Northern Michigan Regional Hospital has selected Medicity to be its health information exchange provider. The hospital will be able to connect its hospitals and community physicians across 22 counties.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Business Wire

Date: February 22, 2010

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Delaware legislators announce $4.6 million cooperation agreement

The Delaware Health Information Network received $4.6 million from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT under the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Bignews.biz

Date: February 19, 2010

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