"Effective partnerships between the public and private sectors that engage the commitment and energy of clinicians, patients, health care leaders, and payers are indispensable."
                 - Carolyn Clancy, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Press Releases

Arizona Health-e Connection Receiveds $240,000 to Assist State's Critical Access and Rural Hospitals in Digitizing Health Records to Meet New Federal Regulations

September 23, 2010

Phoenix, Ariz. - On September 10, 2010, Arizona Health-e Connection received $240,000 in funding from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to ensure critical services for digitizing health records are available to assist 20 critical access and rural hospitals in Arizona.

 

Coalition Led by Arizona Health-e Connection Awarded $10.8 Million to Encourage Electronic Health Record Adoption and Use in Arizona

April 27, 2010

Phoenix, Ariz. - A coalition led by Arizona Health-e Connection, a statewide non-profit charged with leading Arizona's health information technology coordination, has been awarded $10,791,644 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to develop an Arizona Regional Extension Center to assist state healthcare providers in adopting electronic health records and achieving "meaningful use" of them as defined by the federal government, which will enable receipt of Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the American Recovery and REinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)...

 

New AHCCCS Director to Serve on Board of Nonprofit Leading State Efforts to Advance Health IT 

November 10, 2009

Phoenix, Ariz. - Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC), a statewide nonprofit leading the establishment of health information infrastructure (HII) in Arizona, announces Thomas J. Betlach, newly appointed director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), to its board of directors.


Personal Health Records: A New, Easy and Secure Way to Manager Personal Health Information- Medicare and Arizona Health-e Connection offer town-hall meetings on PHRs

Friday, July 17, 2009

Phoenix, Ariz. – If you’re a permanent resident of Arizona or Utah and have Original Medicare, you now have free access to a better way to manage medication and health information...


Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange chooses Wellogic for Health Information Exchange and SaaS Solutions

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Cambridge, Mass. and Tucson, Ariz. - After a thorough evaluation, Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange (SAHIE) has chosen Wellogic as its strategic partner to establish SAHIE's health information exchange (HIE). Wellogic and its partners Apollo Health Street and Initiate Systems will provide SaaS-based clinical solutions and services to SAHIE's forty-plus member organizations....

 

Governor Leads Health Care Innovation Summit: Health-e Connection Expands ‘Roadmap'

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Phoenix, Ariz. - Governor Janet Napolitano continued her drive toward innovation and efficiency in health care, opening the Health-e Connection Summit in Phoenix today. The Governor addressed more than 350 health care professionals, consumers and health care executives on the next steps necessary to further build Arizona's Health-e Connection Roadmap, the state's comprehensive five-year plan for the electronic exchange of health records....

 

Executive director named to guide statewide health information technology effort

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Phoenix, Ariz. - In a move that will bring Arizona closer to transforming health care for all residents, the Arizona Health-e Connection today announced the selection of Brad Tritle as the organization's first executive director...


 $1.5 Million Grants To Go To Rural Healthcare Facilities: Grants Will Promote Implementation of the Health-e Connection Roadmap

Monday, December 11, 2006

Phoenix, Ariz.- Governor Janet Napolitano today announced the distribution of $1.5 million under the Rural Health Information Technology Adoption (RHITA) Grant Program. The seven awardees demonstrated high levels of partnership, collaboration, strategic planning and implementation of e-health programs. These grants are part of the implementation efforts of the Health-e Connection Roadmap developed in response to Executive Order 2005-25...

 

Governor Creates Arizona Health-e Connection Roadmap: Committee to Focus on Reducing Health Care Costs, Secure Exchange of Information

Thursday, September 1, 2005

Phoenix, Ariz. - Governor Janet Napolitano today announced she has created a new Health-e Connection Steering Committee. The move is in response to President Bush's April 12, 2004 call for widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records within 10 years.