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Arizona Health-e Connection Roadmap
Development
 On August 30, 2005, Governor Janet
Napolitano issued Executive Order 2005-25 establishing the Arizona
Health-e Connection Steering Committee. Their charge was to develop a
roadmap for statewide interoperability for electronic health records to
reduce costs and enhance the quality of health care. Hundreds of
Arizonans representing diverse interests and geographies contributed to
the process, serving on the Steering Committee or on one of the various
task groups convened to address specific issues.
St. Luke’s Health Initiatives and the BHHS Legacy Foundation funded the
development of the Roadmap. They contracted with eHealth Initiative, a
Washington DC based not-for-profit organization, to mentor Arizona in
developing the Roadmap.
The Steering Committee delivered the Roadmap to Governor Napolitano on
April 4, 2006. Major components of the Roadmap include:
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Encouraging health
information technology adoption among health care providers;
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Identifying key
infrastructure components that enable providers to securely exchange
health information;
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Implementing both
regional and centralized initiatives;
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Developing a
not-for-profit, public-private governance organization with
representation from all major stakeholders groups to provide
leadership implementing the Roadmap; and,
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Creating a funding
structure that is value-driven and self-sustaining with many costs
borne by those receiving benefit.
Transition
Transition to a permanent governance
organization will require approximately one year. During this time
additional project milestones are to be reached. The first year
milestones include:
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Organize a
transition team;
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Obtain start-up
funding;
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Establish the
governance organization;
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Implement several
statewide infrastructure projects that provide immediate value;
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Establish one or two
regional health information exchanges; and,
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Develop a marketing
and education plan to encourage stakeholder participation.
Health-e Connection Roadmap
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