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| + | '''Regional Health IT Extension Centers (RHITEC or HITREC)''' help primary care clinicians adopt [[EMR|electronic health record systems]]. The [[ARRA|American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)]] allocated almost $600 million to establish . | ||
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== Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers == | == Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers == | ||
| − | + | A Historic Opportunity: Wedding Health Information Technology to Care Delivery Innovation and Provider Payment Reform. [http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/health_it.html] | |
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"Many providers, particularly small practices and 'safety net' health care providers who serve the underserved, lack the expertise and resources to purchase, install and use information technology to innovate care. HITECH provides for the creation of Regional Health IT Extension Centers, or RHITECs, that could be structured to meet this need for up to 200,000 physicians, if empowered appropriately. | "Many providers, particularly small practices and 'safety net' health care providers who serve the underserved, lack the expertise and resources to purchase, install and use information technology to innovate care. HITECH provides for the creation of Regional Health IT Extension Centers, or RHITECs, that could be structured to meet this need for up to 200,000 physicians, if empowered appropriately. | ||
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Revision as of 14:43, 11 October 2011
Regional Health IT Extension Centers (RHITEC or HITREC) help primary care clinicians adopt electronic health record systems. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allocated almost $600 million to establish .
Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers
A Historic Opportunity: Wedding Health Information Technology to Care Delivery Innovation and Provider Payment Reform. [1]
"Many providers, particularly small practices and 'safety net' health care providers who serve the underserved, lack the expertise and resources to purchase, install and use information technology to innovate care. HITECH provides for the creation of Regional Health IT Extension Centers, or RHITECs, that could be structured to meet this need for up to 200,000 physicians, if empowered appropriately.
"RHITECs should be created as results-oriented entities focused single-mindedly on the achievement of 'meaningful use' by client providers. They should offer the full set of services required to help health care providers achieve 'meaningful use,' including group purchasing of health IT solutions, implementation assistance, project management, vendor relations, and quality improvement. RHITECs should tailor their work to fit the unique needs of each of their communities, and should be at substantive financial risk for achieving 'meaningful use' targets in their populations of health care provider clients."
This material was published by the Center for American Progress.
Kcox 12:37, 19 November 2009 (CST)
Information on HITREC Activity in various States
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District Of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virgin Islands
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
