HITREC

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Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allocated almost $600 million to establish Regional Health IT Extension Centers (RHITEC or HITREC) around the country to assist primary care clinicians to adopt electronic health records.

Quoted from A Historic Opportunity: Wedding Health Information Technology to Care Delivery Innovation and Provider Payment Reform.

"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:

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