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Health Care IT Collaboration in Massachusetts: The Experience of Creating Regional Connectivity

Affiliations of the authors: CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, MA-SHARE, Boston, MA (JH); Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (MA); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (CA); Clinical Quality Analysis, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (DB); Global Health Solutions, Computer Sciences Corporation, Waltham, MA (GD); Partners Healthcare, Inc., Boston, MA (JG); Mass eHealth Collaborative, Weston, MA (AG); MA-Share, Waltham, MA (JS); Mass eHealth Collaborative, Boston, MA (MT); Mass Health Data Consortium, Waltham, MA (GV).

Correspondence and reprints: John Halamka, MD, 1135 Tremont Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02120; e-mail: <jhalamka{at}caregroup.harvard.edu>.

Received for publication: 05/04/05; accepted for publication: 07/15/05.

The state of Massachusetts has significant early experience in planning for and implementing interoperability networks for exchange of clinical and financal data. Members of our evolving data-sharing organizations gained valuable experience that is of potential benefit to others regarding the governance, policies, and technologies underpinning regional health information organizations. We describe the history, roles, and evolution of organizations and their plans for and success with pilot projects.

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