One key goal of the coalition, Transforming Healthcare in Connecticut Communities, is to exchange information from participant’s electronic health records.
Several coalition members are subsidizing a portion of the cost for physicians to implement EHRs from Allscripts, Chicago, under the Stark Act exemption and safe harbors to federal anti-kickback statutes.
At least six participating physician groups already use Allscripts’ EHR, organizers say. The HIE also will use open source data exchange software from Misys, a unit of Allscripts.
In addition to launching the HIE, the coalition will develop training and deployment tools for physicians to speed adoption of EHRs.
Executives at hospitals in the coalition are discussing development of an initial set of quality improvement targets. A personal health record for patients is also on the group’s radar.
More information is available at allscripts.com.
--Howard Anderson
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