Rural RHIOs: common issues in the development of two state-wide health information networks
Julie J McGowan1, Cy Jordan, Thomas Sims
1School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indiana, USA.
Unlabelled:
Over one hundred Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) are under development in the United States. Many of these will fail but many will become a vital part of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
Methods:
Documentation was reviewed and summarized and a core group of Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL, Inc.) were interviewed to ascertained lessons learned in the development of Vermont's RHIO.
Results:
Issues were grouped into five major categories: early planning, organization, education and marketing, technology, and financial sustainability.
Conclusion:
There are a number of commonalities about all RHIOs but also a number of differences predicated on location. RHIOs must remain dynamic and learn from others in order to survive.
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