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RHIOs
While finding a business case is often problematic for health information exchanges and regional health information organizations, Baltimore's first HIE was born out of a need to reduce administrative cost and eliminate duplicative tests for patients who frequented the health systems.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: Patty Enrado, NHINWatch.com | Date: July 1, 2009 |
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GE Healthcare has entered into a partnership with InterComponentWare, Inc., to integrate, develop and expand their health information exchange solutions.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: Healthcare IT News | Date: July 1, 2009 |
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Spectrum Health, a health system based in West Michigan, has collaborated with Medicity to deploy a health information exchange platform for its hospitals and physicians.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: EarthTimes/Business Wire | Date: July 1, 2009 |
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Molly Joel Coye, M.D., has been named president and CEO of CalRHIO by its board. She faces the task of finding funding for the statewide health information exchange organization's large-scale initiatives.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: San Francisco Business Times | Date: July 1, 2009 |
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At a federal event, David Blumenthal, MD, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, said that the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) project to connect federal agencies will figure prominently in improving patient care. It will also be an important tool for health IT.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: Government Health IT | Date: June 30, 2009 |
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In an editorial, Thomas Ricketts, professor of health policy and management at UNC-Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health, said that N.C. Health Information Technology Strategic Planning Task Force's draft plan requires strong leaders and committed followers to carry it out.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: News & Observer | Date: June 30, 2009 |
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The Community Health Information Collaborative, a nonprofit serving 18 counties in Northeastern and central Minnesota, has formed a partnership to develop a health information exchange for its physicians through an electronic health record system.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: BusinessNorth.com | Date: June 30, 2009 |
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California eHealth Collaborative announced that five community-based health information exchnges have successfully exchanged patient health information.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: PRWeb | Date: June 29, 2009 |
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CalRHIO has selected the Rand Corp. and the University of Southern California to determine the savings achieved from the utilization of a statewide health information exchange.
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: CalRHIO (press release) (pdf) | Date: June 29, 2009 |
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Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz County, a founding member of the Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange, announced that it has successfully exchanged patient information with Kaiser Permanente, Long Beach Network for Health, ER Connect- Orange County and Redwood MedNet .
| Channel: RHIOs | Source: EarthTimes/Business Wire | Date: June 29, 2009 |
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