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RHIOs standards contract awarded
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted April 10, 2006
The Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded a contract to the Foundation of Research and Education of the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Assn. to develop best practices for state regional health information organizations.
FORE will work with the National Conference of State Legislatures to convene meetings with emerging state-level RHIOs and other stakeholders to determine performance standards in the areas of governance, structure, financing and health exchange policies.
RHIOs, networks that would enable physicians and hospitals to exchange patient data electronically, are a cornerstone of President Bush's plan to create a national health information network. FORE anticipates it will complete its project by the end of August.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/04/10/bibf0410.htm.
