Arizona Health-e Connection
Categories: Empower Consumers and Providers
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is playing a leadership role in the Arizona Health-e Connection, an organization working to create a statewide health information exchange (HIE) and encourage health information technology (HIT) adoption. Recognizing that HIE and HIT can help improve quality and reduce costs, the Arizona Health-e Connection is currently:
- Serving as an information clearinghouse and providing education and outreach;
- Promoting the adoption and implementation of interoperability standards;
- Acting as the rule-setting body for advancing HIT; and
- Assisting with health information infrastructure support and development.
