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| MHIN IN THE NEWS | ||
April, 2009 - CMS Selects MHIN as One of Nine National Vendors for EHR Testing As part of CMS’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, mhin has been chosen to participate in its 2009 PQRI testing program. MHIN and the other vendors, which include eClinicalWorks, NextGen, Allscripts, and Epic, will submit blinded clinical data to test whether it is feasible to allow clinical systems to submit clinical data directly to CMS. MHIN is the only health information exchange to be included in this testing program, which began early in April and will continue through 2009. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri March, 2009 - MHIN coordinates collaborative with other Midwest Health Information Exchanges. As part of the Health Information Technology – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, MHIN coordinated a meeting with other health information exchanges interested in working together toward cooperative health information exchange. The meeting resulted in swift action, including a letter submitted to Dr. David Blumethal M.D., M.P.P., who is the new director of the Office of National Coordinator. Subsequent meetings are scheduled for May, 2009. http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt
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