The HITECH Act amends Section 3012 (a) of the Public Health Service Act and establishes the Health Information Technology Extension Program (Extension Program).
The Regional Extension Centers (RECs) will offer technical assistance, guidance, and information to support and accelerate health care providers’ efforts to become meaningful users of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). This list represents the final 60 awarded centers.
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- Alaska - Alaska eHealth Network
- Alabama - ALREC (University of South Alabama)
- Arizona - Arizona Health-e Connection
- Arkansas - HITArkansas (Arkansas Foundation For Medical Care)
- California - CalHIPSO (Northern California Regional Extension Center)
- California - Southern California Regional Extension Center
- California - Local Initiative Health Authority for Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
- Colorado - CORHIO (Colorado Regional Health Information Organization
- Connecticut - eHealthConnecticut
- Delaware - Quality Insights of Delaware, Inc.
- Florida Regional Extension Centers
- Miami - South Florida REC (Health Choice Network, Inc.)
- Orlando - University of Central Florida
- St. Petersburg - Community Health Centers Alliance, Inc.
- Tampa - University of South Florida
- Georgia - Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc.
- Hawaii - Hawaii Health Information Exchange
- Idaho - WIREC (Qualis Health), Idaho & Washington
- Illinois - IL-HITEC (Northern Illinois University)
- Illinois - CHITREC (Northwestern University)
- Indiana - I-HITEC (Purdue University)
- Iowa - Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
- Kanas - aHIT (Kansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc.)
- Kentucky - University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- Louisiana - Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, Baton Rouge
- Louisiana - eQHealth Solutions, Inc, Baton Rouge
- Maine - HealthInfoNet
- Maryland - Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients
- Massachusetts - Massachusetts eHealth Institute (Massachusetts Technology Park Cooperation)
- Michigan - M-CEITA (Altarum Institute)
- Minnesota - REACH (Key Health Alliance - Stratis Health), Minnesota – North Dakota
- Missouri - The Curators of the University of Missouri
- Montana - Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Foundation
- Nebraska - Wide River Technology Extension Center (CIMRO of Nebraska)
- New Jersey - New Jersey Institute of Technology
- New Mexico - LCF Research
- New York - RHITEC New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC)
- New York - Fund for Public Health in New York
- North Carolina - NCHICA (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Ohio - Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana)
- Ohio - Ohio Health Information Partnership
- Oklahoma - Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Inc.
- Oregon - OCHIN Inc. (Primary)
- Pennsylvania - Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Eastern)
- Pennsylvania - Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Western)
- Puerto Rico - Ponce School of Medicine
- Rhode Island - Rhode Island Quality Institute
- South Carolina - South Carolina Research Foundation
- South Dakota - Dakota State University
- Tennessee - Qsource
- Texas Regional Extension Centers
- College Station - Texas A&M Health Science Center Rural and Community Health Institute (RCHI)
- Houston - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Irving - Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Education and Research Foundation
- Lubbock - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Utah - HealthInsight, Utah-Nevada
- Vermont - Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc.
- Virginia - VHQC and the Center for Innovative Technology, for The Virginia Consortium
- Washington, DC - DCREC - District of Columbia Primary Care Association
- Washington, DC - National Indian Health Board
- West Virginia - West Virginia Health Improvement Institute Inc.
- Wisconsin - WHITEC (MetaStar, Inc.)
Additional information is available at http://healthit.hhs.gov/extensionprogram.
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