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Wed Oct 8

• Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange to Improve Care
• NGA Center for Best Practices

Mon Oct 6

• NGA Center for Best Practices: Accel Progress Using HIT and HIE: In their inaugural report, Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange to Improve Care, the State Alliance for e-Health (State Alliance), a consensus-base d, executive-leve l body composed of governors, state legislators, attorney generals and state commissioners, examines the challenges states face in implementing HIT and HIE, including provider concerns about implementation costs, variations in technical standards for interoperabili ty and consumer concerns about data privacy and security. The report is meant to spur continued innovation in states to make the vision of an interconnected , efficient, quality-based health care system ? and ultimately a healthier American public ? a reality.

Sat Sep 27

• DOTmed.com - MedPlus® Successfully Demonstrates Data Exchange Between Multiple Regional HIEs: MedPlus, the health info exchange div. of Quest, reports on successful testing of its service.

Wed Sep 24

• eHealth Initiative's Fourth Annual Survey of HIE: On July 21, 2004, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) released the Framework for Strategic Action, The Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centr ic and Information-ri ch Health Care. It presented four goals and associated strategies to achieve the vision of utilizing information technology (IT) solutions to reduce costs, avoid medical errors, and improve health care in America:
• U.S. National Health Information Network (NHIN) and Open Source Health Information Exchange (HIE) Solutions: national health information network (NHIN) that can provide low-cost, secure data movement
• HIE Toolkit: The purpose of the toolkit is provide templates, processes and documents that can be used in a variety of ways to support HIE initiatives. These tools can be leveraged across the safety net community including providers, consortia staff, organizational IT staff, etc. The templates can easily be modified based on the specific needs of each organization or initiative. In addition, the toolkit is dynamic and will continue to grow as more tools are developed by CalRHIO, as well as other organizations.

Tue Sep 23

• HealthImaging. com - Providers link HIE to lower costs, improved outcomes
• Alliance's Report Urges States To Take Action on Health Care IT: The State Alliance for e-Health' s report, titled "Accelera ting Progress -- Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange To Improve Care, is available online (.pdf).

Fri Sep 19

• Intelligent Enterprise Magazine - Celko

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