CHIME, ONC offer StateNet for RECs
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) have issued a joint letter to regional extension center (REC) project officers across the nation seeking their collaboration in achieving an electronically enabled healthcare system.
The letter encouraged RECs to align themselves with CHIME StateNet Coordinators “to realize their health IT initiatives and help providers in their geographic service areas select, successfully implement and meaningfully use certified EHR technology.”
“Together, hospitals and primary care providers are challenged to be meaningful users of technology. Our mutual success depends on strengthening partnerships and building collaborative relationships,” said the letter, signed by CHIME President and CEO Richard Correll and David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health IT.
“We appreciate the important role RECs will play in assisting providers in achieving meaningful use,” the letter continued. “ONC and CHIME leadership believe hospitals have a key role in supporting the RECs to improve the quality and value of healthcare.”
The letter offered to connect RECs with experienced CIOs in their state who have successfully implemented EHRs in their organizations. These CIOs also have managed vendor relations, optimized workflows, implemented privacy and security policies to comply with regulatory requirements and engaged important stakeholders in the process.
StateNet is a 50-state network of CIOs created by the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based CHIME to facilitate the sharing of best practices and strategies to assist information exchange development and state-level cooperation. CHIME StateNet Coordinators are experienced CIOs who have stepped forward to coordinate HIT initiatives in their state, including the adoption of EHRs by providers and regional and statewide health information exchange, according to CHIME.
The letter encouraged RECs to align themselves with CHIME StateNet Coordinators “to realize their health IT initiatives and help providers in their geographic service areas select, successfully implement and meaningfully use certified EHR technology.”
“Together, hospitals and primary care providers are challenged to be meaningful users of technology. Our mutual success depends on strengthening partnerships and building collaborative relationships,” said the letter, signed by CHIME President and CEO Richard Correll and David Blumenthal, MD, the National Coordinator for Health IT.
“We appreciate the important role RECs will play in assisting providers in achieving meaningful use,” the letter continued. “ONC and CHIME leadership believe hospitals have a key role in supporting the RECs to improve the quality and value of healthcare.”
The letter offered to connect RECs with experienced CIOs in their state who have successfully implemented EHRs in their organizations. These CIOs also have managed vendor relations, optimized workflows, implemented privacy and security policies to comply with regulatory requirements and engaged important stakeholders in the process.
StateNet is a 50-state network of CIOs created by the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based CHIME to facilitate the sharing of best practices and strategies to assist information exchange development and state-level cooperation. CHIME StateNet Coordinators are experienced CIOs who have stepped forward to coordinate HIT initiatives in their state, including the adoption of EHRs by providers and regional and statewide health information exchange, according to CHIME.