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Health care IT collaboration in Massachusetts: the experience of creating regional connectivity.

Halamka J, Aranow M, Ascenzo C, Bates D, Debor G, Glaser J, Goroll A, Stowe J, Tripathi M, Vineyard G

CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, MA-SHARE, Boston, MA, USA. jhalamka@caregroup.harvard.edu

The state of Massachusetts has significant early experience in planning for and implementing interoperability networks for exchange of clinical and financial 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.

Published 18 November 2005 in J Am Med Inform Assoc, 12(6): 596-601.
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