- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- A snapshot of health information exchange.
- Title:
- A snapshot of the Georgia Health Information Exchange Pilot Program [Jan. 2010]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Community Health
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Community Health
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Community Health
- Date of Original:
- 2010-01
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Fact sheet
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA C900 .S1 E92 2010
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc900-b-ps1-be92-b2010-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bc900-b-ps1-be92-b2010-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
A Program Of The Georgia Department Of Community Health
A SNAPSHOT OF THE
Georgia Health Information Exchange Pilot Program
Overview
In 2006, the Health Information Technology and Transparency (HITT) Advisory Board and the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) launched the Georgia Health Information Exchange (HIE) Pilot Program, which awards matching grants to foster the development of HIE, electronic prescribing and the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) across the state.
Year One Grants
In November 2007, DCH awarded $853,088 in matching grants to four health care organizations that demonstrated the ability through their proposals to improve both health care services and public health.
The Georgia HIE grantees aimed to improve access to comprehensive patient health information created by multiple providers and to decrease prescription errors linked to illegible handwriting or insufficient information. The awardees matched the funds given to them by the state.
Year Two Awards
HITT launched a second round of HIE grant awards, and in November 2008 awards were made totaling $750,000 to three organizations. (See chart at right).
Two of the grantees who received awards both years, Chatham and Washington Counties, will expand on their first-year projects by implementing EHRs and sharing information among hospitals, public health clinics and primary health care physicians in their geographic areas.
Best practices, accomplishments and lessons learned from the pilot programs will be used to further the strategic efforts of Georgia for statewide HIE.
Grantee
Chatham County Safety Net Planning
Council Inc.
St. Joseph of East Georgia
Washington County Regional Medical
Award
$202,000 $250,000 $250,000
Grant Project
Implementation of an electronic medical record and
e-prescribing solution
Implementation of an electronic medical record and
e-prescribing solution
Implementation of an electronic medical record and
e-prescribing solution
DCH recently produced a final report of the accomplishments and lessons learned from the first year HIE Program, Georgia Health Information Exchange Pilot Program in July 2009. It can be found on the DCH web site at dch.ga.gov.
Grant Award with the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care (GAPHC)
DCH awarded a new grant of $500,000.00 to the Georgia Association of Primary Health Care (GAPHC) to continue their work with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Georgia. The goals of the grant are to increase the adoption and utilization of EHRs among the FQHCs and to implement an HIE among this group of providers.
2 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga 30303 w www.dch.georgia.gov January 2010