NJ HIE receives $2.9M ONC grant
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has awarded a $2.9 million grant to the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) to improve the sharing of quality data through the New Jersey Health Information Network.
Currently patients’ electronic health records live in a number of different silos, such as doctors’ offices, hospitals and urgent care facilities, and it is difficult to exchange protected health care information among providers.
The grant will allow NJII to develop and manage an accurate and reliable Master Person Index that will house a patient’s records from various facilities including physician practices and hospitals, according to a release. The data platform will be rolled out initially to healthcare provider groups in the Newark metro region and expanded over the next few years to facilities throughout the state.
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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.