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HIE Stakeholder Summit

8/1/2012

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California HIE Stakeholder Summit Highlights

With 425 stakeholders in attendance, California and national health information exchange experts discussed issues critical to advancing exchange in the state. Read more.

Critical Issues in HIT

9/10/2012

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One Voice. One Vision.

California leaders commented on the critical role HIT plays in improving health care across the state. Watch These Brief Videos.

HIE Live!

10/2/2012

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Interviews with state and national leaders

Watch and listen to leaders from around the state commenting on important HIT developments. In the current series, HIO leaders comment on their progress. Read More.

Stories From the Field

10/2/2012

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Read case studies on operationalizing HIE.

Stories and case studies that will help your day-to-day efforts to operationalize HIE. Our current series includes reports from the Sixth Annual Redwood MedNet Conference. Read More.

Transforming Healthcare

11/5/2012

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About the eHealth Initiative

Health information technology, including electronic health information exchange and electronic health records, are essential to improving the safety, quality, and efficiency of healthcare for Californians. Read more about the California eHealth Initiative here.

State of California HIE Progress Report

11/27/2012

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Available Now

Growing out of the 2012 California HIE Stakeholder Summit and ongoing efforts to ensure transparency, the report highlights the State's progress in a number of key areas. Click here to view and download.

eHealth News

California Association of Health Information Exchanges Announced
05/13/2013 by eHealth Initiative

Formation of the California Association of Health Information Exchanges, a statewide group of community and enterprise health information organization leaders working together to advance safe and secure HIE throughout California, was announced at the May 8-9 HIE Summit.

2013 HIE Stakeholder Summit Presentations
05/13/2013 by eHealth Initiative

Over 300 individuals attended the 2013 California HIE Stakeholder Summit in Sacramento, May 8-9. Selected presentations are now available as PDFs. Online video will be available soon too, so please check back on the Summit link.

Dr. Ken Kizer on Consumers and Health IT
04/20/2013 by eHealth Initiative

In this audio report we spoke with Ken Kizer, MD, Director of the Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System, and of California Health eQuality, the state’s partner for health information exchange development. Dr. Kizer highlights his presentation on health IT and consumers, the topic of his recent presentation at a meeting of the Southern California HIMSS chapter.

Audio Report: Statewide HIE Governance Initiative: Cassie McTaggart
04/05/2013 by eHealth Initiative

In this audio report Chief of the Health Information Policy & Standards Division in the Office of Health Information Integrity, Cassie McTaggart describes California's exciting statewide HIE governance initiative which is modeled after the highly successful Western States Consortium and builds on the federal DURSA, Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement.

Update on California's Audacious Goal for Foster Children
04/01/2013 by eHealth Initiative

California Health and Human Services has identified a breakthrough audacious goal specific to foster care in its pursuit of health information technology and exchange: providing interoperable personal health records to all foster children in the state. A new report summarizes past and current efforts to reach this goal, and includes recommendations for moving forward. Read more...

California Endowment Makes $90 Million Investment in California's Health
03/22/2013 by The California Endowment

The California Endowment (TCE) announced a $90 million, multi-year plan to increase the capacity of the state’s existing health care delivery system to accommodate newly enrolled Californians under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Read more...

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About eHealth Initiative

We believe in creating health, vibrance, and well-being for our families and our communities. With this goal in mind, a coalition of groups in the state called the California eHealth Initiative is working to improve the accuracy and efficiency of healthcare. This includes health IT, electronic health records (EHR), telemedicine, and electronic health information. This also includes creating IT jobs in California to create a vibrant and robust health workforce. When used in a systematic and thoughtful way, eHealth can transform healthcare as we know it. Read More...