Health IT resources and initiatives

We’re working to support the many ways you can use health information technology (health IT) to help you deliver the highest-quality care possible for your patients. Health IT allows you to share patient health information electronically, and includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs).

Benefits of health IT

Health IT allows you to:

• Manage patient care better by having complete and secure information about your patient’s health
• Coordinate care more effectively
• Share electronic patient health information securely
• Access health information quicker to aid in diagnosis and treatment
• Reduce the potential for medical errors, resulting in lower health care costs

Network Health support for health IT

You can learn more about:

• Our Version 5010 systems upgrade
• The federal HITECH Act

Additional resources

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Official Web site for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  Official Web site for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs   
• Massachusetts eHealth Institute
  The state's entity for health care innovation, technology, and competitiveness
• Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
  A nonprofit organization that creates, promotes, and supports collaborative efforts to improve health and health care using health data and health information technology