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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides over $19 billion in funding to promote the adoption for certified electronic health records. Learn More

The Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange is a statewide utility that connects regional Health Information Exchange programs. These programs are designed to share clinical and administrative data across the boundaries of health care institutions and providers to improve access and reduce medical error. Learn More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to ensure effective, up-to-date health care coverage and to promote quality care for beneficiaries of the Medical Assistance programs. CMS is promoting Health IT initiatives as part its goal to promote a transformed and modernized health care system in the United States. Learn More

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is the principal Federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. The position of National Coordinator was created in 2004, through an Executive Order, and legislatively mandated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) of 2009. Learn More

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Website Resources:

• Pennsylvania Regional Extension and Assistance Center for HIT (REACH) East is the Federally-funded Regional Extension Center for the eastern part of the Commonwealth

• Pennsylvania Regional Extension and Assistance Center for HIT (REACH) West is the Federally-funded Regional Extension Center for the western part of the Commonwealth

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Resource Center for HIT

• Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (HIT) * Federal grant programs including HITECH and ARRA

• Description of Meaningful Use Rule by David Blumenthal in New England Journal of Medicine

• Easing the Adoption and Use of Electronic Health Records in Small Practices * Health Affairs Article

• Center for Health IT at the American Academy of Family Physicians includes review of EHR systems and other tools

• CMS Frequently Asked Questions related to the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

• ONC Certified HIT Product List

Presentations:

• Health Information Technology Initiative Presentation

• Listening Tour Presentation

• Transforming Health Care Delivery Through the Use of Information Technology