tion management redesign specialists; clinician and practitioner consultants; EHR implementation support specialists and managers; technical and software support personnel; and trainers. The
duration of the community college grant award is a maximum of two years. At Midland College, the HITECH
Workforce Program is available entirely online and aims to train members of the
health care and IT workforce to meet the following goals:
• Nationwide adoption of EHRs, • Information exchange across health
Seventeen Texas HIEs receive grant funding
Texas received $28 million from the Office of the National Coordinator to fund health information exchange (HIE) activities in Texas. In basic terms, an HIE is a way to use technology to make patients’ health information available anywhere, anytime. The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) disseminates funds. To date, the following 17 entities
have applied for funds and have been funded: HIE Applicant
Coalition of Health Services First Net
Greater Houston
Health Access San Antonio (HASA) Health Information Network
of South Texas HIE Southeast Texas
Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC) iHealth Trust
Montgomery County HIE
North Texas Accountable Care Partnership
Northeast Texas HIE Paso del Norte HIE
Location Amarillo Tyler
Harris Country Bexar County Corpus Christi
Southeast Texas/ Beaumont
Austin/Central Texas Houston
The Woodlands/Conroe Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton counties
Anchor Applicant
Coalition of Health Services East Texas Medical Center
Collaboration that includes Harris CMS Existing HIE, HASA is anchor Community collaboration
Christus Hospital System
Existing HIE, ICC is anchor iHealth Trust Physicians (IPA)
Montgomery County Hospital District Collaboration of physicians, hospitals, and employers
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas Christus Hospital System El Paso
North Texas Red River Medical Center Gainesville Rio Grande Valley HIE
Rio One Health Network
Southeast Texas Health Systems Galveston County HIE
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley Goliad
Galveston
Paso Del Norte Health Foundation North Texas Medical Center
Lower Rio Grande Regional Advisory Council on Trauma Service
Doctors Hospital and Renaissance Southeast Texas Health Systems UTMB
Some already operational HIEs did not apply for grant funding as some of the requirements would
have necessitated significant adjustments to their operational model. For more information about HIEs and what questions physicians should ask before joining an HIE,
read, “The Gift of Sharing” in the February issue of Texas Medicine. In addition, information on HIEs, electronic health records, and regional extension centers is available in the Health Information Technology (HIT) section of the TMA website, www.tex
med.org/hit. Ques- tions may also be directed to TMA’s HIT Department by telephone at (800) 880-5720 or by email at
HIT@texmed.org.
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