Business
Maryland health network gets push
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted March 16, 2009
A group of leading health care organizations in Maryland have joined forces to play a role in the development of a statewide health information exchange.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Erickson Retirement Communities, MedStar Health and the University of Maryland Medical System jointly submitted a plan in February for a statewide HIE that gained support from the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.
The four institutions formed a nonprofit venture called the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients, which will develop recommendations on policy, principles and designs for the exchange of patient data. The state is planning to solicit proposals to build the network as early as this summer.
A number of other health care organizations and technology companies, including GE Healthcare and Microsoft, have agreed to participate in CRISP's initiatives.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/03/16/bibf0316.htm.
