Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC)
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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC)
Overview:
The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative was formed in 2004 as an initiative of the physician community to bring together the state’s major health care stakeholders for the purpose of conducting a pilot program around health IT, by establishing an EHR and HIE system to enhance the quality, efficiency, and safety of care in Massachusetts. MAeHC is fortunate to have had a $50 million commitment from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to fund its demonstration project phase. By pooling the resources, talent, and experience of its 34 member organizations and participating pilot communities, MAeHC achieved a major leap forward in realizing its vision of better care for the citizens of the Commonwealth.
During the three and one-half year pilot program, MAeHC designed, deployed and installed EHRs for approximately 600 providers across three geographically diverse communities, using four different EHR vendors. In each of these communities MAeHC also co-developed and designed a health information exchange using two separate HIE vendors. In addition, MAeHC co-developed, designed and built a Quality Data Center (QDC) which receives data sets of patient information from each of the HIEs and other provider-based organizations.
MAeHC’s charitable mission is to transform the delivery of health care by promoting the use of health IT through community-based adoption of electronic health records and health information exchange. Working with the Massachusetts health care community, MAeHC is fostering rapid widespread adoption of these systems.
MAeHC Professional Services Corporation (PSC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) and is a national leader in the facilitation and management of electronic health record (EHR) deployments, health information exchange (HIE), and quality measure reporting. PSC provides strategic planning, business analysis, project planning, and implementation services to help our customers efficiently and effectively deploy information technology to improve the delivery of health care.
A sample of our clients are shown below:
- Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization (BIDPO)
- The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC)
- California Healthcare Foundation
- Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP)
- New Hampshire Regional Extension Center (RECNH)
- New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NHDHHS)
- Winchester Highland Management (WHM)
- AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
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