Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 17:44
Maine is one of five states each receiving a $600,000 grant to support sharing of electronic health records among behavioral and medical health providers.
Awarded by the Center for Integrated Health Solutions, the grant will help 25 behavioral health organizations and 200 Maine providers to securely share medical records, including through the use of HealthInfoNet, the state’s electronic health information exchange, according to a press release from HealthInfoNet.
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 20:09
Congratulations to the Maine Regional Extension Center at HealthInfoNet which has met its enrollment target. It is the first regional extension centers in the country to reach its enrollment target. They are now working to assist a 1000 of Maine’s primary care providers implement an electronic health record, meet meaningful use stage one, and connect to Maine’s statewide health information exchange.
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 16:17
HealthInfoNet also manages the state’s regional extension center program (MEREC) as well as the health information exchange. MEREC assists health care providers across Maine select, install and effectively use electronic health records to improve patient care.
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012 at 16:16
HealthInfoNet is the largest operating statewide health information exchange in the country. The state health information exchange is currently in the “demonstration” phase of development and implementation, but is expected to save the state of Maine $10.6M in 2010 and nearly $20M by the time complete implementation is realized in 2011.
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 18:05
Dr. Charles Pattavina, Chief of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bangor Maine describes how using HealthInfoNet's health information exchange has improved care for his patients and made his practice easier.
HealthInfoNet’s primary function is the management of a secure electronic network for health related information. This is called a health information exchange where health care providers have ...
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 18:00
The Bangor Beacon Community is one of 17 sites nationwide dedicated to advancing the adoption of electronic health records and expanding connections through health information exchange.
Goal:
Improve the health of patients with diabetes, lung disease, heart disease, and asthma by enhancing care management; improving access to, and use of, adult ...
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Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 12:46
Beacon Community Partners
Listed below are the 17 Beacon Communities, their awards, and snapshot of their goals. To view further information about a specific Beacon Community, click the name of the community. This list has provided by our friendly folks at ONCHIT. The source web page for this content is ONC Beacon Partners.
Beacon Community
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 11:27
I received the following inquiry from a read the other day, and I cannot provide an answer. If any of you have an anser for her please add your info to the comment section below.
I am hoping to find someone who can tell me if the state of Maine is capable and ready to receive ...
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011 at 13:46
This video provides an overview of how using HealthInfoNet's health information exchange helps health care providers in Maine improve the quality and efficiency of the care they deliver to patients. Hear from real Maine doctors, nurses and other health care professionals about their experience using HealthInfoNet to support caring for their patients.
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 10:44
Hear from users of Maine's HealthInfoNet about the benefits of the Health Information Exchange, which now includes data from half of Maine's residents.
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