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PatientTrac EMR in Hawaii
For more information, contact Frank Diaz, 808.723.0900 or frank@hawaiiehr.com. For Hawaii implementation of your EHR system, click Patient Trac Hawaii EHR (PDF).INCREASE YOUR MONTHLY REIMBURSEMENT BY AT LEAST $5,000 PER MONTH PER PHYSICIAN!Recently, PatientTrac […]
Important Changes For Surescripts Submissions Through EClinicalWorks
Surescripts New Computer Generated (CG) Fax PolicyAccording to the Surescripts New Computer Generated (CG) Fax Policy communication Important_Changes_for_Surescripts_Submissions_through_eClinicalWorks_March_2012® (www.surescripts.com), format changes for submission will change: Our analysis of faxable error messages on […]
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Notice of Proposed Rule-Making
How to Attain Meaningful Use With Your EHRONC is seeking feedback through the Stage 2 rule on how to increase patient safety through updated certification criteria, how to improve data portability, and how to […]

Stakeholder Awareness of Beacon Program Services
Stakeholder Awareness of Beacon Program Services Surveyed by AcademyHealth, The Commonwealth Fund and ONC To ensure that the information needs and values of key community leaders are better understood by the Beacon Communities, AcademyHealth, with support from The Commonwealth Fund and in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health I […]
New Health Center Beacon Award Recipients 2011
HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities $8.5 million to fund 85 health centers in 15 Beacon Communities across the country HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities; $8.5 million to fund . . . → […]
The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program
Improving Health Through Health Information Technology The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding to 17 selected communities throughout the United States that have already made inroads in the development of secure, private, and accurate systems of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange. The Beacon Pro […]

Other Clinical | Mapping Digital Rectal Exam
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General Discussion | Same "disease" process, same test?
There are a number of tests with component "Abnormal Prion Protein." These abnormal proteins occur in a number of different diseases in different species. They can be detected by a number of different methods. http://search.loinc.org/search.zul?query=abnormal+prionAs this search shows, we have not differentiated tests for BSE from tests for CJD, Sc […]

HHS releases new Public Health Service guideline to reduce disease transmission through organ transplantation
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new guideline to improve patient safety by reducing unexpected disease transmission through organ transplantation. This guideline updates the 1994 U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) guideline for preventing transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through organ transplantation a […]
HHS Releases 2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Update
Health and Human Services today released the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease: 2013 Update, a follow-up to the initial plan released in May 2012. The update reflects our national progress towards accomplishing the goals set a year ago, as well as new and revised action steps. […]

Approved HIE State Plans

Currently Approved HIE State Strategic and Operational Plans

Approved State Plans:

The list below represents the currently approved state specific strategic and operational plans for creating HIE capacity.

State Strategic /Operational Plans and State Summaries Entity Responsible for Grant Plan Approval Date California Strategic and Operational Plans To view the documents separately click here (easier download) California Health and Human Services Agency 6/16/2010 Delaware State Summary Delaware Health Information Network 5/17/2010 Idaho Coming Soon Idaho Health Data Exchange 12/7/2010 Illinois Coming Soon Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services 12/10/2010 Maine State Summary State of Maine/Governor’s Office of Health Policy & Finance 8/16/2010 Maryland Strategic and Operational Plans The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 5/14/2010 Michigan Strategic and Operational Plans Amendment 1 Michigan Department of Health 11/29/2010 Nebraska Strategic and Operational Plans Nebraska Department of Administrative Services 11/5/2010 New Hampshire Coming Soon New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services 12/10/2010 New [...]

Federal Funding for State Medicaid HIT Activities

CMS Letter Outlines State Requirements for Medicaid Directors

On Tuesday, CMS issued a letter to Stated Medicaid Directors. This is an update to the State Medicaid HIT Plan (SMHP) Overview from 2009. In July, the ONC issued a PIN (Program Information Notice) to State HIEs entitled “Requirements and Recommendations for the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program.” It outlined responsibilities under the program, recommended roles for the HIT Coordinators, and elements of the state strategic and operational plans.

The Recovery Act provides 100 percent Federal financial participation (FFP) to States for incentive payments to eligible Medicaid providers to adopt, implement, upgrade, and meaningfully use certified EHR technology, and 90 percent FFP for State administrative expenses related to the program.

Section 4201 of the ARRA provides 90% FFP HIT Administrative match for three activities to be done under the direction of the SMA: 1. Administer the incentive payments to eligible professionals and hospitals; 2. Conduct [...]

Expanding Health Information Technology Education

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (HIT) by educating professionals to work in this rapidly growing field. [...]

State HIE Regional Extension Center Recipients for Health IT

State HIE, REC Recipients for Health IT

A complete listing of the state HIE, REC and job training grant recipients is as follows:

State HIE Awards:

State HIE Awardee Award Amount Alabama Medicaid Agency $10,564,789 Arizona Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery $9,377,000 Arkansas Dept of Finance and Administration $7,909,401 California Health and Human Services Agency $38,752,536 Colorado Regional Health Information Organization $9,175,777 Delaware Health Information Network $4,680,284 Government of the District of Columbia $5,189,709 Georgia Department of Community Health $13,003,003 Office of the Governor (Guam) $1,600,000 The Hawaii Health Information Exchange $5,602,318 Illinois Department of Health care and Family Services $18,837,639 Kansas Health Information Exchange Project $9,010,066 Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Kentucky) $9,750,000 State of Maine/Governor’s Office of Health Policy & Finance $6,599,401 Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation $10,599,719 Michigan Department of Health $14,993,085 Minnesota Department of Health $9,622,000 Missouri Depart of Social Services $13,765,040 Nevada Department of Health and Human Services $6,133,426 New Hampshire [...]

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Alabama Medicaid Agency Medicaid is a state/federal program that pays for medical and long-term care services for low-income pregnant women, children, certain people on Medicare, disabled individuals and nursing home residents. These individuals must meet certain income and othe
Arizona Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery Governor Brewer’s Office of Economic Recovery · Az.gov … HITECH priority grant programs – State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program
Arkansas Dept of Finance and Administration Department of Finance and Administration, Arkansas, provides state income and business tax forms and information.
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Kentucky) Provides information about child support, foster care, adoption, child abuse, and state-funded medical programs.
California Health and Human Services Agency The California Health and Human Services Agency is the state agency tasked with administration and oversight of California’s significant state and federal programs for health care
Colorado Regional Health Information Organization CORHIO – Qualified State-Designated Entity to receive ARRA Health Information Technology Funds as part of its role to facilitate health information exchange to improve care for all Coloradans.
Commonwealth of the NMI, Department of Public Health DPH serves all the people in the Commonwealth, particularly the under served, and promotes healthy people, healthy families, healthy communities and healthy environments.
Georgia Department of Community Health State agency website outlining programs and resources for variety of health care topics for Georgia residents.
Government of the District of Columbia Designs public health systems, diagnoses and investigates health threats, develops policy and provides education and disease prevention.
Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Has the goals of improving accessibility, affordability and quality of health and long-term living services in Pennsylvania.
Health Care Authority (Washington) Health Care Authority (HCA) administers 3 health care programs: the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB), Washington Basic Health Plan, and Community Health Services.
Illinois Department of Health care and Family Services The Illinois Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) administers the Medicaid program, providing health care assistance for qualified adults and children.
Kansas Health Information Exchange Project KHPA Home – Health Information and Technology Exchange. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health.
Lovelace Clinic Foundation, New Mexico LCF Research was established in 1990 as a not-for-profit organization to foster health services research among physicians, hospitals, and government agencies and to provide continuing professional education for health professionals
Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation With the recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, hospitals are primed like never before to push forward with information technology advances.
Minnesota Department of Health Information for health professionals and citizens, including state health statistics, prevention and health promotion, and health care and health-related professions.
Missouri Depart of Social Services Responsible for coordinating programs to provide public assistance to families, access to health care, services to the elderly, child support enforcement assistance.
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services The Office of Health Information Technology (HIT) is responsible for administering the state’s ARRA Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement, facilitating the core infrastructure and capacity that will enable statewide HIE, and coordinating
New York eHealth Collaborative Inc NYeC (pronounced “nice”) was founded by health care leaders across the state, with leadership and support from the New York State Department of Health, as a public-private partnership that will serve as a focal point for health care stakeholders to build
North Carolina Department of State Treasurer The NC General Assembly established the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission (HWTF) in May 2001 to invest in programs and establish partnerships to address access, prevention, education and research that help improve the health of all
Office of the Governor (Guam) office of the governor of guam
Office of the Governor (Wyoming) The ARRA Health Information Technology (HIT) funding includes $2 billion in “jump-start” funding the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. This is immediate, discretionary funding that the national coordinator can distribu
Ohio Health Information Partnership LLC OHIP’s mission is to advance the adoption, implementation and meaningful use of Health IT among health care providers by facilitating and developing a statewide HIE to improve the safety , quality, accessibility, availability and efficiency of health care
Oklahoma Health Care Authority The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is the primary entity in the state of Oklahoma charged with controlling costs of state-purchased health care.
Oticina del Gobernador La Fortaeza (Puerto Rico) All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care for themselves and their families, regardless of whether they live in a state or a territory. My commitment to you is to pursue and reach this kind of Health for All Puerto Ricans.
Pacific Ecommerce Development Corporation (American Samoa) The Pacific e-Commerce Development Corporation (eCDC) is a non-profit corporation formed to pursue … communications technology (ICT) based economic development in American Samoa.
Rhode Island Quality Institute Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) has joined 14 other communities nationally to receive the Beacon Communities Grant award. As a chief advocate of HIT, RIQI is the only organization nationally to win all three of the major ARRA awards (Beacon, REC an
State of Maine/Governor’s Office of Health Policy & Finance Health Action Team, to develop and implement his plan to achieve access to quality and affordable health care for all Maine people.
State of Oregon The Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (OHPR) conducts impartial, non-partisan policy analysis, research and evaluation, and provides technical assistance to support health reform planning and implementation in Oregon.
State of Tennessee Tennessee’s mission is to drive improvements in patient healthcare outcomes by fostering a coordinated statewide HIE that will: 1) Give clinicians vital, secure, decision-ready information at the point of care; 2) Empower patients to take charge of their
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas Centers and Institutes at TTUHSC are multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary groups of faculty and their associates who have been brought together for the pursuit of research, education, and/or clinical activities.
Utah Department of Health Since 1993, UHIN members have come together for the common goal of reducing health care costs and improving the quality of care through the use of electronic data interchange (EDI), that is, by exchanging information electronically rather than by phone, f
Vermont Department of Human Services Vermont’s statewide health information exchange is operated by VITL, which is enabling health care practitioners to securely access the health information of their patients who opt in.
Virgin Islands Department of Health Department of Health (DOH) has direct responsibility for conducting programs of preventive medicine, including special programs in Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, Environmental Sanitation, Mental Health, and Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention
Virginia Department of Health VHI works with private organizations and public bodies to use health data to meet the varied needs of the citizens of the Commonwealth. Whether it is private programs to recognize and reward hospitals improving patient safety or helping senior citizens fi
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources The West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN) will support physicians and health care providers in providing the best patient care through the electronic delivery of medical data.
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services The draft Wisconsin HIT Strategic and Operational Plan (Plan) was developed through a public-private collaboration between the Department of Health Services and a broad cross section of health care stakeholders to improve health care delivery and populati

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