HealthInfoNet, the Portland, Maine-based non-profit that operates the statewide health information exchange (HIE), has announced that it has signed every single acute-care hospital within the state to connect to the query-based HIE.
Thirty-four of the state’s 38 hospitals in this area are already connected and HealthInfoNet expects the remaining four to connect by the end of the year. This will make Maine one of the few states in the country that has been able to get all of its hospitals connected to a query-based HIE. The first state do so was Maryland
“This is a huge milestone for us and a testament to the collaborative nature of the hospital community in Maine,” Devore Culver, HealthInfoNet’s CEO, said in a statement. “We’re lucky in Maine. Our hospitals and ambulatory provider systems have chosen not to compete on patient data and agreed early on that creating a centralized system was in the best interest of patients.”
HealthInfoNet is also connected to 376 ambulatory provider sites including primary and specialty care practices, federally qualified health centers, mental health agencies, home health and long-term care providers. HealthInfoNet has worked to expand the HIE’s scope, in not only size, but in terms of the data shared. In August, it announced participation in the “Demonstrating the Preventative Care Value of Health Information Exchanges” initiative. This effort is aiming to establish technical standards and protocols that HIEs can use to report de-identified, population-level preventative care data to public health officials.
Below is a list and map showing the locations of the hospitals now connected or under contract with HealthInfoNet. Credit: HealthInfoNet
Hospitals Connected
Acadia Hospital
Aroostook Medical Center
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
Bridgton Hospital
Calais Regional Hospital
Capital Family Practice
Cary Medical Center
Central Maine Medical Center
Charles A. Dean Hospital
Down East Community Hospital
Eastern Maine Medical Center
Franklin Memorial Hospital
Henrietta D. Goodall Hospital
Houlton Regional Hospital
Inland Hospital
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
MaineGeneral Medical - Augusta
MaineGeneral Medical - Waterville
Maine Medical Center
Mayo Regional Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Mid Coast Hospital
Miles Memorial Hospital
Millinocket Regional Hospital
Mount Desert Island Hospital
Parkview Adventist Medical Center
Penobscot Bay Medical Center
Rumford Hospital
Sebasticook Valley Hospital
Southern Maine Medical Center
Spring Harbor Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital
St. Andrews Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center
Hospitals Under Contract
Redington-Fairview Hospital
Waldo County Community Hospital
York Hospital
Northern Maine Medical Center
