At the end of November, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform (“GOHCR”) submitted a proposed plan outlining a strategy to expedite and implement the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange (“PHIX”). In my opinion, the plan is precariously perched on the precipice of disaster. The only safe path away from disaster and toward success for the GOHCR is to step back, rethink its strategy to partner with the Delaware exchange, and consider what health information exchange technology and services truly means to the providers and patients of Pennsylvania. In my opinion, GOCHR’s proposed plan represents an incomplete assessment of the key issues and potential solutions masquerading as a rational decision driven by a need to achieve speed to market.
If you’d like to read more about why this plan needs re-thinking, the implications for other HIEs and why this reform plan has significant operational, geographic and competitive market issues, read more at http://www.mobilemd.com/default.aspx?pg=45
