Feature: State Health IT Initiatives

State governments support health IT adoption in many ways, motivated by its potential to improve health care quality and patient safety—and to promote greater value in public health care programs as well as in the broader health care system. States are also motivated by major federal funding opportunities. Read more »

Q&A with David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Dr. Blumenthal describes his office's work with states to support the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange. Read more »

Delaware: First State, First Statewide Health Information Exchange

Delaware established the first statewide clinical health information exchange (HIE) in 1997. Compared with other states, it has taken more of a public sector approach to HIE governance, though this strategy may be shifting. Read more »

Arizona Medical Information Exchange Outgrows Medicaid

The Arizona Medical Information Exchange is a Web-based health information exchange that enables participating practitioners to view hospital discharge and other clinical reports, lab test results, and medication data for many of their patients. Read more »

New York: State and City Innovations to Scale Up Health IT

Since 2006, New York State has awarded $226 million in public funds to develop and implement a comprehensive health information infrastructure—more than in all other states combined. Read more »

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