Integrated State Health Information Systems

State-level Efforts

To Integrate Health Information

Mr. Mendelson reported on the "Registry of State Level Efforts to Integrate Health Information" pilot effort in 13 States, conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He reviewed:

• The purpose of the project.
• A taxonomy of State initiatives.
• The principal findings to date.
• Online products from the project.

Mr. Mendelson also demonstrated how to retrieve the online information.

Reference

Mendelson DN, Salinsky EM. Health Information Systems and the Role of State Government. Health Affairs May/June 1997;16(3):106-19.

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