Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Arizona Health-e Connection

• Mission Statement

  "To facilitate the design and implementation of integrated statewide health data information systems that support the information needs of consumers, health plans, policymakers, providers, purchasers, and researchers and that reduce healthcare costs, improve patient safety, and improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare and public health services in Arizona".

• Executive Order in 2005—Establish Roadmap to achieve a plan for Arizona to achieve statewide HIT and explore the implementation of EHR by 2010
  • Funding—St. Luke's Health Initiatives and BHHS Legacy Foundation
  • Involved Steering Committee, 5 task groups, 250 members, five months.
• Executive Director Hired—July, 2007
• Consumers—Represented on Board and Committees