Hospitals & Clinics Dominate Regional Health InformationOrganizations

November 14, 2005 Hospitals & Clinics Dominate Regional Health Information Organizations Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), the entities that are forming to implement a nationwide system to securely transmit patient information, are dominated by health care provider organizations. 64% of provider organizations are participating in a RHIA or planning to participate. The most commonly shared information in RHIOs are emergency department, diagnostic, and clinical data. These are the findings of a survey, "Mapping a Changing Healthcare Landscape," conducted electronically by Healthcare Informatics magazine, the American Health Information Management Association, and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems. The survey . . .