Regional Center Services for Priority Primary Care Providers

The Center for the Advancement of Health IT (AHIT) will provide technical assistance towards the meaningful use of health information technology to clinicians (physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners) furnishing primary-care services, with a particular emphasis on individual and small group practices (fewer than 10 clinicians with prescriptive privileges) and those serving medically-needy populations.  AHIT will focus on clinicians providing primary care in public and critical access hospitals, community health centers, and other settings that predominantly serve uninsured, underinsured, and medically underserved patients.

A menu of service offerings / technical assistance will be available, observing and complying with applicable legal, regulatory, professional and ethical requirements to protect the integrity, privacy and security of patients’ health information.  The purpose of the REC is to furnish education, outreach and technical assistance to help providers:

(i) select and successfully implement Electronic Health Record (“EHR”) technology that is certified as meeting HHS standards; and

(ii) make “Meaningful Use” of EHRs, as defined by the Secretary of HHS, to improve the quality and value of health care.

AHIT is developing a menu of services based on detailed feedback and needs assessments from our enrolled practices. More information will be supplied to each practice upon enrollment or as services are developed.

Service offerings may be modified at the sole discretion of AHIT or as required by HHS. Discounted fees may apply to some service offerings that are not covered in base funding provided by the ONC Cooperative Agreement.

CHCA wishes to acknowledge support from the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, Award #90RC0051/01.