Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 11:44
On Tuesday, March 20, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) convened an all-day Consumer Innovation Challenge meeting in Chicago in order to launch the Consumer Innovation Challenge to State Health Information Exchange grant recipients. building on the momentum of the ONC Pledge Program, to increase consumers’ access to their health information. Participating HIE states are being asked to make tangible progress over the next six months to provide electronic health information to consumers and the providers that care for them.
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012 at 14:32
The State of Illinois Selects InterSystems HealthShare For Their Statewide Electronic Health Information Exchange
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—January 3, 2012 InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, today announced that InterSystems HealthShare™ has been selected as the technology platform for the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The estimated value of the contract is $7.25 million.
The Illinois Office ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012 at 14:15
Here is a video on CHITREC, the Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center and what they offer to health care professionals in Chicago.
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Friday, January 6th, 2012 at 16:39
The Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (IL-HITREC) seeks to help physicians, located outside the City of Chicago, receive subsidized services to achieve Meaningful Use of electronic health records (EHRs). Their primary goal is to help facilitate the electronic exchange of information across the health care continuum.
IL-HITREC is a collaboration of several healthcare and ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 15:36
In this video Bill Devoney, chief financial officer, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center talks about the financial benefits of the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange.
Bill is also serving as the Chair of the MetroChicago HIE Business & Financial Committee.
Go to their website for more information on the MCHC Health Information Exchange.
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 15:57
Metro Chicago Health Information Exchange on What is an HIE.
MCHC is a membership and service association comprising more than 150 hospitals and health care organizations working together, since 1935, to improve the delivery of health care services in the Chicago area. This video describes what a health information exchange is......
The purpose of the MetroChicago HIE is ...
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Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 10:44
Terri Jacobsen, Director, Health Information Exchanges, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC), discusses the key goals of the MetroChicago HIE.
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 08:47
The Central Illinois Health Information Exchange spans 20 counties, including the cities of Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Decatur and Champaign.
"Your health record should not be in pieces," said Joy Duling, executive director of the Central Illinois Health Information Exchange, a not-for-profit organization that looks to make that statement their slogan. And, the consolidation of health records ...
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 14:50
The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) announced plans on Monday, April 25, 2011, to develop the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE), which is expected to be the largest metropolitan HIE in the nation, serving more than 9.4 million people. The new exchange will use Microsoft Corp., CSC and HealthUnity Corp. technologies to drive quality ...
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 at 16:18
The Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (CHITREC) is part of a national effort to provide individualized technical assistance to primary care providers (PCPs) in Chicago to become meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs). Their focus is on PCPs who provide care for the uninsured, under insured and medically under served.
The CHITREC is ...
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