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HIT Plan for Region V Behavioral Health Care Providers
Description:Planned, developed, and implemented a methodology for behavioral health care providers to standardize core shared data elements; designed an integrated management information system for the sharing of health care data and information among rural and urban health care providers; connected rural providers to urban providers; and developed messaging capabilities between primary care and behavioral health care providers.
Principal Investigator:Baker, Wende
State:Nebraska
Community:Rural, Non-rural
Care Setting:Behavioral Health
Technologies:Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Closed

Chronic Mental Health: Improving Outcomes through Ambulatory Care Coordination

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Description:Develops and implements a health information exchange network focused on coordination of care for individuals with chronic mental illness.
Principal Investigator:Baker, Wende
State:Nebraska
Community:Rural
Care Setting:Behavioral Health
Technologies:Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Ongoing

Regional Health Records for Frontier Communities
Description:Planned the implementation of a regional health record system within established networks of rural hospitals, clinics, public health providers, behavioral health providers, and others across a 14,000 square mile remote area.
Principal Investigator:Shank, Nancy
State:Nebraska
Community:Rural
Care Setting:Inpatient, Ambulatory, Behavioral Health
Technologies:Standards, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Closed

Health Information Exchange: A Frontier Model

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Description:Establishes a Web-based electronic medical record system for 10 small rural hospitals to connect them to the area's regional medical center. The project's ultimate goal is to quickly give alImplements a regional health information exchange among an established collaborative of hospitals, clinics, and providers across Nebraska's remote 14,000-square-mile western panhandle; also helps participating providers acquire the equipment and other resources necessary to share laboratory and pharmaceutical data, as well as electronic medical records. The long-term goal is to create a model applicable to small hospitals nationwide and to deliver quality care.
Principal Investigator:Shank, Nancy
State:Nebraska
Community:Rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory, Behavioral Health, Inpatient
Technologies:Standards, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Ongoing
 
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