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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

Alaska to build statewide HIE

Alaska's Department of Health and Social Services released a notice to Alaska-based companies to build a health information exchange.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Government Health IT

Date: August 14, 2009

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States should help providers get federal stimulus funds

States need to focus on helping physicians and hospitals get as much federal stimulus funding for health IT as soon as they can, said Micky Tripathi, president and CEO of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Wbur.org

Date: August 14, 2009

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HHS official: Docs need ROI to participate in HIEs

Health information exchanges must provide a low-cost entry and return on investment for physician participation to rise, said David Riley, the NHIN Connect initiative lead for the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Federal Health Architecture Program.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Federal Computer Week

Date: August 13, 2009

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Interoperability key to EHRs

The key to making electronic health records meaningful is to have them interoperable.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: The News & Observer

Date: August 12, 2009

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Coalition forms healthcare IT work group with eye on reform

The National Transitions of Care Coalition has formed the Health Information Technology Work Group to focus on national efforts to develop electronic medical records and HIT exchanges and promote interoperability.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Healthcare IT News

Date: August 11, 2009

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Tulsa, Okla., healthcare leaders eyeing federal stimulus funds

Healthcare leaders in Tulsa, Okla., are hoping the federal stimulus funds will enable them to build a regional health information network.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Tulsa World

Date: August 10, 2009

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Connecticut collaborative to build statewide HIE

A group of Connecticut payers, employers, physician groups and hospitals have formed the Transforming Healthcare in Connecticut Communities to create a statewide health information exchange.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Hartford Business Journal

Date: August 10, 2009

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Oklahoma professor pushes for HIE in Tulsa

David Kendrick, MD, assistant provost for health strategy and associate professor for internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma's Tulsa campus, is leading the charge to get a health information exchange established in Tulsa.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Tulsa World

Date: August 10, 2009

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Interoperable EHRs important to healthcare reform

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said that electronic health records needs to be implemented, but they also need to be able to talk with one another to exchange healthcare information. Douglas, who is co-chairman of the State Alliance for E-Health, spoke during a conference he hosted on health IT.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: Burlington Free Press

Date: August 10, 2009

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South Florida restarts EHR, HIE efforts

Healthcare leaders in South Florida are trying to revive two health information exchange projects that ran out of seed money. They are hoping to tap into the federal stimulus funds.

Channel: RHIOs

Source: South Florida Sun Sentinel

Date: August 7, 2009

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