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Through administrative simplification and secure, appropriate sharing of clinical data we envision:

  • A consistently safe environment for patients enabled by readily available, relevant and accurate information wherever patients are treated

  • A healthcare community operating at a world-class level of efficiency and cost-effectiveness

Massachusetts SHARE (Simplifying Healthcare Among Regional Entities) is a regional collaborative initiative operated by the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium. MA-SHARE seeks to promote the inter-organizational exchange of healthcare data using information technology, standards and administrative simplification, in order to make accurate clinical health information available wherever needed in an efficient, cost-effective and safe manner.

 

May 2006 - Massachusetts wins “SafeRx”award for progress in patient safety, e-prescribing

Press release

SafeRx recognizes how e-prescribing enhances patient safety by providing a more secure and accurate prescribing process. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and SureScripts sponsor the SafeRx award. The award goes to the top 10 e- prescribing states in the nation and three physicians within the winning states who have demonstrated outstanding leadership through their use of e- prescribing technology. Results are based on an analysis of data from new prescriptions and refill responses electronically transmitted over the SureScripts Electronic Prescribing Network. States are ranked based on the number of prescriptions routed electronically in 2005 as a percentage of the total number of prescriptions eligible for electronic routing.

The cooperative efforts of four organizations - eRx Collaborative; MA-Share's Rx Gateway; Massachusetts Health Data Consortium; and MassPRO DOQ-IT - were credited with contributing to Massachusetts’ Top 10 finish.

MA-SHARE seeks to foster improvements in community clinical connectivity, allowing appropriate sharing of inter-organizational healthcare data among the various participants in the healthcare system - including patients, doctors and other practitioners, hospitals, government, insurers, HMOs and other payors. The MA-SHARE operating model is generally conceived as that of a facilitator and incubator, in which projects exploring healthcare data connectivity will be undertaken in order to develop, pilot and demonstrate new healthcare information technologies across communities and enterprises. The MA-SHARE clinical connectivity vision is to design technology solutions that assemble, organize and distribute a variety of up-to-date clinical information to a broad range of clinical settings; all accomplished in a secure, confidential manner.

MA-SHARE is a program of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium. MA-SHARE began formal operations in May, 2003. Over 2 years, MA-SHARE has raised $1.1Million for its projects -- with the financial support of cornerstone grants from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and additional support from Partners Healthcare System, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan, Fallon Health Plan, Neighborhood Health Plan and the MA Medical Society.

MA-SHARE is currently soliciting proposals from healthcare organizations interested in piloting clinical information technology projects. All proposals are reviewed by MA-SHARE staff and by a community-wide Advisory Committee. For selected projects, MA-SHARE provides professional project management resources. (Link to Project Development Process)

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For further information regarding the MA-SHARE initiative and its projects, please contact Gail Fournier, Partner, CSC Consulting, via e-mail. We welcome your further questions & look forward to your participation in our work and our events!