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== Information on HITREC Activity in various States ==
 
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Arizona's 39-person steering committee has developed a roadmap to take Arizonans' health care out of the paper form/manila folder era into one of digital records and electronic sharing. They're calling it a "shared patient history summary," a basic up-to-date record of patients' medications, conditions they've been diagnosed with, and tests that have been done. With their patients' permission, primary-care physicians could have access to it, along with any specialists the patients see and, in case of emergency, paramedics and emergency-room personnel. For more information see: [http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0403biz-Health-e0402.html Health files to go high-tech -- State weighs electronic records plan]
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Revision as of 14:46, 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 these centers.

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

Arizona's 39-person steering committee has developed a roadmap to take Arizonans' health care out of the paper form/manila folder era into one of digital records and electronic sharing. They're calling it a "shared patient history summary," a basic up-to-date record of patients' medications, conditions they've been diagnosed with, and tests that have been done. With their patients' permission, primary-care physicians could have access to it, along with any specialists the patients see and, in case of emergency, paramedics and emergency-room personnel. For more information see: Health files to go high-tech -- State weighs electronic records plan

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