Assignment task:
In March 2010, ONC completed the announcement of the State Health Information (State HIE) Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program. Awardees in which 56 states, eligible territories, and qualified State Designated Entities (SDE) received recognition for rapidly building capacity for exchanging health information across the healthcare systems both within and across states (State Health Information Exchange). Explain
Q1. Which states/eligible territories have not joined yet? Why did some states join and some did not?
Q2. Which of the states received new funding under this agreement?
Q3. What is the latest report on the evaluation of this program? Offer main conclusions (do not restate the report)
Q4. How was the program's effectiveness evaluated?
Q5. What factors influence HIE progress? How?
Q6. What was the overall program impact?
Q7. What were the lessons learned?
Q8. What were the challenges faced by the program and how were they resolved?