Kentucky Creates Electronic Health Information Office

On Friday, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) announced the creation of a new office designed to serve as a single point of contact for state and federal agencies working on health IT initiatives, the AP/Lexington Herald-Leader reports (AP/Lexington Herald-Leader, 8/17).

The Governor’s Office of Electronic Health Information will be housed within the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The federal stimulus package requires states to create such a department to receive stimulus funding designated for health IT.

According to an Office of the Governor release, the new office will help facilitate the development of a statewide electronic health record system. It also will work with the state’s three regional health information organizations, as well as health care providers, consumers, insurers and other groups involved in the electronic exchange of health data (Business First of Louisville, 8/14).

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