What are State and Regional Demonstration (SRD) Projects?

Six States have been awarded 5-year contracts under the State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology (AHRQ-04-0015) funding opportunity from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Five States -- Colorado, Indiana, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Utah -- started their contracts in October 2004 with one State, Delaware, beginning in October 2005.

Goals of the State and Regional Demonstrations

• To identify and support State and regional data sharing and interoperability activities.

  • To allow clinicians access to patient information at the point of care through the use of information and communication technologies

  • To develop a health information exchange that connects systems of various local health care providers for better care coordination

  • To develop, implement, and evaluate a patient indexing system that allows public and private health care providers to share patient data

• To demonstrate measurable improvements in the quality, safety, efficiency, and/or effectiveness of care resulting from clinical data exchange.

• To identify successful strategies for the sustainability of health information exchange.

• To identify programmatic linkages to other key regional and national health IT initiatives.

The six States are developing a variety of approaches to health information exchange (HIE), with different technical, business, and governance models. The latest information on each State can be found by clicking on the links below.