Washington, D.C.'s health information exchange has shut down due to a disagreement about funding with the government, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
District Mayor Vincent Gray's administration said it will no longer fund the D.C. Regional Health Information Organization because it does not align with federal funding initiatives, according to the report. Instead, D.C. government officials plan to use the funds to build their own exchange. The D.C. government wants to focus on a simpler system that will include more participants but have less functionality than DC RHIO, according to the report.
The D.C. Primary Care Association, which created the health information organization three years ago, built an IT platform from scratch that allowed Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital and six clinics to share data on emergency room patients.
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District Mayor Vincent Gray's administration said it will no longer fund the D.C. Regional Health Information Organization because it does not align with federal funding initiatives, according to the report. Instead, D.C. government officials plan to use the funds to build their own exchange. The D.C. government wants to focus on a simpler system that will include more participants but have less functionality than DC RHIO, according to the report.
The D.C. Primary Care Association, which created the health information organization three years ago, built an IT platform from scratch that allowed Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital and six clinics to share data on emergency room patients.
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