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Communities for Better Health Foundation For eHealth
Initiative
Foundation
for eHealth Initiative
Lori M. Evans
1500 K Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202-624-3265 Fax: 202-624-3266 http://www.connectingcommunitiesprogram.org
Email: lori.evans@ehealthiniative.org
Network
Partners: The Connecting Communities for Better
Health (CCBH) Program is currently evaluating and
selecting projects for funding through the Program.
Each project selected for funding will have network
partners to implement community based health information
exchange. The Foundation for eHealth Initiative, however,
seeks to align closely with and leverage related health
information technology activities in the public and
private sectors to further the interests of the National
Health Information Infrastructure (NHII).
Project
Purpose: The primary purpose of CCBH is to advance
the NHII through a set of community demonstration
projects and related evaluation and dissemination
activities to improve the quality, safety and efficiency
of healthcare. CCBH not only plans to provide seed
funding to a set of communities to implement health
information exchange, it also will create a "Community
Learning Network" to provide resources and tools
for all communities and stakeholders interested in
health information exchange.
Outcomes
Expected: It is anticipated that demonstration
projects funded by the program will show how electronic
health information exchange using common health data
standards can help patients receive necessary and
timely medical treatment and guard against medical
errors. Communicating health data electronically also
will enable public health officials to more quickly
identify and respond to threats from naturally occurring
diseases, such as SARS, and potential bioterror attacks.
The strategies and experiences of communities receiving
funding under the program to implement electronic
health information exchange will be evaluated and
disseminated broadly with the goal of spurring movement
toward an interconnected, electronic NHII.
Service
Area: The Program has received 134 applications
for funding from 42 states and the District of Columbia.
The specific service areas will not be identified
until projects are selected for funding through the
Program.
Services
Provided: The projects selected for funding through
the Program will be providing health information exchange
and other health care IT services to clinicians and
patients.
Equipment:
N/A
Transmission:
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