 Funding
The project has been partially funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to securely exchange healthcare information over a three-year period with matching funds ($1.5M) committed by the participants. An additional $500,000 in Pennsylvania Department of Health grants will allow the initiative to be expanded to include other healthcare organizations in the region and provide education on the experience gained from this project.
AHRQ Grants
PLANNING GRANT (9/30/2004 - 9/29/2005)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded grant number 1-P20-HS015457 to Geisinger Health System on September 22, 2004, to support a one-year community planning process to develop HIT infrastructure and provide for effective exchange of health information within central Pennsylvania. Geisinger worked with the partners outlined in the award, Shamokin Area Community Hospital and Sunbury Community Hospital & Outpatient Center, to develop and submit a plan to AHRQ for review on April 14, 2005, to begin the exchange of health information between these initial partners and initiate the development of a regional health information organization (RHIO) for central
Pennsylvania.
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IMPLEMENTATION GRANT (9/30/2005 - 9/29/2008)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded grant number 1UC1HS016162-01 to Geisinger Health System on September 26, 2005, to support a 3-year implementation project to securely share health information with two community hospitals, Shamokin Area Community Hospital and Sunbury Community Hospital & Outpatient Center. Bloomsburg Hospital replaced Sunbury Community Hospital; the latter opted to extend its decision to participate. Please see the the Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIE) Project for current progress on the implementation. View a press release on this specific AHRQ grant.
AHRQ FUNDED PROJECTS
- Community Master Patient Index (CMPI)
- Community Lab Interface (CLI)
- Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIE)
- Document Storage
- CPHIC Development
Pennsylvania Department of Health State Grants
STATE GRANT #1 (6/1/2006 - 5/30/2007)
The Pennsylvania Department of Health awarded this grant to Geisinger Health System to further develop the RHIE with "single sign-on" technology. The grant also proposed a statewide education for health information exchange and laboratory interface projects using a LOINC (Logical Observations, Identifiers, Names, and Codes) national standard.
STATE GRANT #2 (1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007)
The Pennsylvania Department of Health awarded this grant to Geisinger Health System to expand the regional portal in Emergency Departments to three additional hospitals in the KeyHIE region. This addition will bring six total hospitals now operating on the portal. The grant will also be used to implement data exchange for diagnostic images to be transferred from community hospitals to Geisinger's regional trauma center. The last initiative for the grant is to contract a consultant to provide analysis of the regional market for health information exchanges.
STATE FUNDED PROJECTS
- Single Sign-On Technology
- Health Information Education (LOINC, RHIE, etc.)
- Diagnostic Trauma Image Exchange
- Regional Health Information Exchange Expansion
- Regional Analysis
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