CalRHIO released a white paper why California is ready for health information exchange and they are announcing the launch of a statewide system to provide physicians with secure electronic access to critical patient information at 23 emergency departments in Orange County. It will start by providing medical record information on 360,000 patients enrolled in CalOptima, which provides coverage for people in Medi-Cal, Medicare and Healthy Kids Insurance.
I had a small role in this project very early when this was anew goal for CalRHIO, so I'm really happy to see that it has progressed tothe point of implementation and look forward to watching it expand.
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