Newsletter Articles | January 1, 2007
Will Regional Health Information Organizations Become a Reality?: If So, What Are the Implications for Behavioral Health Provider Organizations?
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Cover Story
In 2004, President Bush issued an Executive Order for the development and implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve quality and efficiency of health care with the goal that most Americans would have an electronic health record (EHR) by 2014. In this decree was also a call for the development of regional health information organizations, or RHIOs, organizations that would design a system for sharing information about patients and care. Since its inception, more than 150 . . .