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J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005;12:596-601 doi:10.1197/jamia.M1866
  • The Practice of Informatics
  • Application of Information Technology

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

  1. John Halamka,
  2. Meg Aranow,
  3. Carl Ascenzo,
  4. David Bates,
  5. Greg Debor,
  6. John Glaser,
  7. Allan Goroll,
  8. Jim Stowe,
  9. Micky Tripathi,
  10. Gordon Vineyard
  1. 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)
  1. Correspondence and reprints: John Halamka, MD, 1135 Tremont Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02120; e-mail: <jhalamka{at}caregroup.harvard.edu>
  • Received 4 May 2005
  • Accepted 15 July 2005

Abstract

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.

Footnotes

  • The development of the MA-SHARE Record Locator Service and Clinical Data Exchange was funded in Massachusetts by the Connecting for Health project of the Markle Foundation, the eHealth Initiative, and by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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