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First published July 27, 2005 as JAMIA PrePrint; doi:10.1197/jamia.M1866
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2005;12(6):596-601
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Submitted on May 4, 2005
Accepted on July 15, 2005

Healthcare IT Collaboration in Massachusetts: The Experience of Creating Regional Connectivity

John Halamka MD1*, Meg Aranow2, Carl Ascenzo3, David Bates4, Greg Debor5, John Glaser6, Allan Goroll7, Jim Stowe8, Micky Tripathi9, and Gordon Vineyard10

Affiliation of the authors: 1 Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School CEO, MA-SHARE, Boston, MA; 2 Chief Information Officer, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; 3 Chief Information Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA; 4 Corporate Director, Clinical Quality Analysis, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; 5 Partner, Global Health Solutions, Computer Sciences Corporation, Waltham, MA; 6 Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare, Inc., Boston, MA; 7 Chair, Mass eHealth Collaborative, Boston, MA; 8 Consultant, MA-Share, Waltham, MA; 9 President and CEO, Mass eHealth Collaborative, Boston MA; 10 Chair, Mass Health Data Consortium, Waltham, MA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

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 (RHIOs). We describe the history, roles and evolution of organizations and their plans for and success with pilot projects.




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