Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 09:18
The newly revised Health IT Dashboard presents key information and data to support the monitoring of the impact of federal policies, programs, and research activities related to health IT.
The new Dashboard provides summary information about all ONC HITECH grant programs and detailed information on Regional Extension Centers and the Community College Consortia which serves to educate Health IT Professionals.
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012 at 16:54
CalHIPSO is one of 62 federally-designated Regional Extension Centers around the country and provides REC services to all of California except Los Angeles and Orange County. CalHIPSO is made up of ten Local Extension Centers (LECs) around the state that bring health information technology (HIT) expertise to local communities.
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Monday, March 12th, 2012 at 11:50
ConnectVirginia provides a secure, confidential electronic system to support the exchange of patient medical records among participating health care providers in Virginia and beyond. ConnectVirginia is the Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) for the Commonwealth of Virginia that is being built with funding from the Virginia Department of Health and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
This initiative is being led by Community Health Alliance, Inc., a Virginia-based not-for-profit company led by a governing body of healthcare professionals and executives from across the Commonwealth.
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 13:12
The Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc. is dedicated to the advancement of the health and well-being of all New York City residents. FPHNY works with the NYC Health Department to develop innovative, valuable and lasting public-private partnerships that increase the capacity and reach of the NYC Health Department. It is the FPHNY that was established as on of our nationwide regional extension center programs.
The NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health (NYC REACH) was formed as a collaboration between the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Fund for Public Health in New York to help make sure doctors in New York City don’t get left behind. Their mission is to assist providers in adopting technology and methods that measurably improve the health of New Yorkers.
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 13:17
Hawaii officials have selected Utah-based Medicity to develop the infrastructure for what will ultimately be a statewide health information exchange and electronic medical record system as Hawaii moves ahead with a key mandate of federal health-care reform.
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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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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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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 14:26
This video features several doctors who have made the change to electronic health records talking about the advantages and challenges of these systems. This video is about the Tri-State Regional Extension Center and its comprehensive strategy to support the adoption of electronic health records and their use of a health information exchange.
Comprised of HealthBridge and ...
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 at 20:56
Dr. Joxel Garcia of the Puerto Rico Regional Extension Center discusses how EHRs help improve care, specifically among underserved patients.
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