Health Information Technology
The Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) is a non-profit entity, funded through a combination of state and federal grants, to assist physicians and other providers with implementation and adoption of health information technology (HIT) throughout Ohio.
OHIP's Mission Statement
OHIP’s mission is to advance the adoption, implementation and meaningful use of health IT among health care providers and facilitate and develop an electronic health information exchange (HIE) in order to improve the safety, quality, accessibility, availability and efficiency of health care for the citizens of Ohio.
Vision for Ohio
It is the vision of OHIP to create a secure, sustainable health information exchange that ensures the protection of all patient records, enables providers to access necessary, patient-authorized health information and improves the overall level of health care provided through-out the state of Ohio.
Goal of OHIP
The goal of OHIP is to create a trusted and sustainable statewide health information exchange (HIE), offering a value-added, integrated and seamless structure for enabling health data exchange to improve measureable health outcomes for citizens of Ohio. To achieve this goal, OHIP has established the following objectives:
- Promote the ability for providers to reach meaningful use to improve the quality of health care delivered;
- Provide a financially sustainable HIE that is not reliant on long term public or grant support;
- Provide a technical architecture that ensures private and secure exchange of health information with regional HIOs, HIEs located in other states and with disparate EHR systems using federally-endorsed standards and integration protocols;
- Develop a governance structure that is able to operate in a manner that is fair and efficient for all stakeholder groups through-out the state;
- Harmonize Ohio laws and regulations encompassing health information and exchange with national standards and requirements;
- Provide de-identified and aggregate clinical health data to address population health issues in Ohio in an administratively efficient manner.
For more information, visit OHIP's Web site.
Health Information Exchange
A Health Information Exchange (HIE) moves patient information electronically among physician’s offices, hospitals and other healthcare professionals, such as pharmacies or labs. Think of patient health information moving across pathways in the brain or as a superhighway system. The HIE will allow medical professionals to access that information in real time all across Ohio, and eventually, across the nation. For more information and resources, visit OHIP's HIE Web site.
OHA Media Statement - President Barack Obama FFY 2013 Budget
February 15, 2012:
Earlier this week President Barack Obama’s administration released the FFY 2013 federal budget spending and policy targets. The package proposes a total of $364 billion in health savings over ten years, including $268 billion in Medicare provider cuts and $51 billion in Medicaid cuts. After review of this budget, OHA has made this initial statement:
“Ohio hospitals strongly believe all critical aspects of the health care system must be adequately supported, without undercutting some segments to provide for others. In the federal budget proposal submitted by President Obama, programs that provide training for future physicians, assure access to care in rural communities and support health care for the low-income seniors, families and children are all put at risk. As Congress begins to review this budget and addresses more immediate concerns with physician payment cuts, unemployment compensation and payroll taxes, hospitals welcome the opportunity to demonstrate how proposed budget cuts could have unintended consequences of health care job losses and reduced access to care,” said Mike Abrams, president and CEO of the Ohio Hospital Association.
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