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State Demographics
RUPRI Demographics & Economic Profile: MinnesotaRural Assistance Center (RAC) State Profile U.S. Census Bureau State & County Quick Facts USDA State Fact Sheets: Minnesota |
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Legislation
Minnesota e-Health LegislationInformation on legislation, legislative reports and fact sheets related to Health Information Technology (e-Health) provided by the Minnesota e-Health Initiative. MinnesotaTelemedicine Legislation State telemedicine legislation addresses various providers, including physicians, dentists, chiropractors, nurses, and other health professionals. This site includes telemedicine-related laws; however, it does not include all appropriations bills that fund telemedicine initiatives. |
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Telemedicine
Fairview University of Minnesota Telemedicine NetworkThe Fairview University of Minnesota Telemedicine Network (FUMTN) is the premier provider of remotely delivered physician specialist and other medical services to communities in Minnesota. Home Telehealth Programs Telehealth programs listed by state. Minnesota Telehealth Forum (2006) A forum discussing telehealth activities throughout Minnesota. Minnesota Telehealth Inventory 2007 Minnesota Telehealth Network It’s a partnership between Tri-County Hospital of Wadena, North Region Health Alliance, SISU Medical Systems and University of Minnesota to share and implement telemedicine to rural medical facilities across northern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. Minnesota Telehealth Registry Telemedicine and telehealth in Minnesota are becoming increasingly prevalent modes of delivering medical care. However, until now, no centralized public repository or registry existed listing such activities, projects and services. This Registry was created in July 2007 as a joint project of the Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care and the University of Minnesota's Institute for Health Informatics. Initial data in the Registry was collected from health care providers who participated in the Minnesota Telehealth Inventory 2007. The site has been designed to allow providers to easily add information about their facilities and telehealth/telemedicine services and search for other providers providing similar services. Telemedicine Information Exchange A list of telemedicine and telehealth programs for all states. The Telemedicine Program in Wadena, MN (2007) This 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Wadena, Minnesota has one of the most active telemedicine programs in the country and is the headquarters for the new Minnesota Telehealth Network. |
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Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO)
Central Minnesota Health Information Network (CMHIN)CMHIN is developing a strategic plan for the formation of a health information network that will (1) implement connectivity between providers, (2) bring contemporary electronic information technology exchange to the rural environment, (3) support providers in the design of systems that comply with security and information privacy requirements, and (4) provide a regional intranet for data-sharing and online access to information resources for health care providers and students. Community Health Information Organization (CHIC) CHIC is the lead agency for the RHIO project in Northeastern Minnesota. The project is based on a vision to provide secured access to electronic health records through the region and across the health care spectrum. HIMSS HIT Dashboard Click on your state to see a list of Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) and other Health Information Technology related projects going on throughout the states. Itasca County Health Network The network seeks to increase the use of telehealth technologies for electronic transmission of client and system information. This improvement is especially important in a county that has only 11.3 physicians per 10,000 residents. Northern Minnesota Network The Network's strategy to accomplish these goals is to establish a single network-wide Management Information System (MIS). The MIS will include shared network hardware and software as well as discrete partner hardware and software. |
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Grant Funded HIT Projects
2007 USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Recipients
October 1, 2007 . Acting Agriculture Secretary Conner announced the selection of 78 grant recipients for Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants totaling $22.3 million in 31 states. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program was created to improve access to education and medical services through the use of technology. Of the grants announced today, 38 will provide access to medical services and 40 will be used to improve educational opportunities. The grant funds will be awarded to the selected recipients contingent upon meeting the conditions of the grant agreement. 2007-8 Interconnected Electronic Health Record Grant Program Ann The Minnesota Department of Health is soliciting proposals for grants under to support the adoption and use of interoperable electronic health records by health care providers in rural and medically underserved areas of the state that frequently cannot fully afford the investment in health information technology. Total funding of $3.5 million is available for: 1) EHR Readiness Assessment and Planning Grants up to $50,000 or 2) EHR Implementation Grants up to $750,000. Eligible applicants are community e-health collaboratives, community clinics and regional or community-based health information exchange organizations. A one-to-three match is required. Applications are due September 4, 2007. For application materials, go to: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/cfh/orhpc/grant/home.htm or www.health.state.mn.us/e-health. For more information contact Karen Welle at (651) 201-3865 or karen.welle@health.state.mn.us Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HIT Grants In September 2004, the Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded $139 million in contracts and grants to promote the use of health information technology (health IT) through the development of networks for sharing clinical data as well as projects for planning, implementing, and demonstrating the value of health IT. Click on the link above to see what grants have been awarded in this state. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HIT Implementa HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced the award of more than $22.3 million to 16 grantees to implement health information technology (health IT) systems to improve the safety and quality of health care. These projects will contribute to AHRQ's capacity to learn from health IT implementation in clinical settings and to use the results from these real-world laboratories that are crucial to moving forward with broader implementation of health IT in American health care. Electronic Health Records Revolving Loans available October 1 Applications are being accepted for no-interest six-year loans to help finance the installation or support of interoperable health record systems. Funding is available first-come, first-served to eligible applicants, including community clinics, rural hospitals, and physician clinics in towns with populations under 50,000, nursing facilities, and other health care provider or services. Information on the Electronic Health Record System Revolving Loan Program is online (http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/funding/index.html#ehrloan) or contact Karen Welle at (651) 201-3865 or by email at karen.welle@health.state.mn.us. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Telehealth G In 2005, HRSA administered 159 telehealth/telemedicine projects. Of those, 92 were awarded funds totaling more than $34.9 million. Projects receive funds in one of four ways: The Telehealth Network Grant Program, Rural Telemedicine Grant Program, Congressionally Mandated Projects, and Special Projects. NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Information Grants Grants to health-related and scientific organizations that wish to optimize the utility of clinical and research information.NLM anticipates making 8-10 new awards each year, spending approximately $4 million per year to support new awards in this program. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distance Learning Follow the link above to see what USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program Awards have been given out in this state. |
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HIT Survey Information
Minnesota's Responses for the 2006 TASC HIT SurveyThe Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) surveyed 52 Critical Access Hospitals in Minnesota to identify their use of HIT. A summary of the survey is as follows:
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Other HIT Activities
Minnesota 2008-2009 State Loan Repayment Program
The purpose of Minnesota's State Loan Repayment Program is to improve access to primary care by assisting under-served communities with recruitment and retention of primary care providers. Blandin Foundation Broadband Initiative Get Broadband is a community-based program dedicated to increasing the use of broadband-based technologies to make your community, its residents and its institutions more productive, efficient and competitive. Center for Rural Policy and Development: 2004 Rural Minnesota In This study monitors the Internet access, broadband market penetration and technology utilization in rural Minnesota. College of St. Scholastica ATHENS Project MDH receives $1.6 million in federal funds to help hospitals in The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has notified the Minnesota Department of Health it will receive a $1.6 million Health Information Technology grant from HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy. MDH was one of 16 grant recipients from among about thirty applicants. MDH's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care will distribute the funds to the Lac qui Parle Health Network to help them implement electronic health records. The network consists of Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, Appleton Area Health Services, and Madison Lutheran Home, all Critical Access Hospitals in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Health Center for Health Informatics The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Center for Health Informatics seeks to collaboratively foster the increasing use of sound informatics principles and methodologies as a means to improve clinical and public health practice, and to improve the health of communities. The purpose of the MDH Center for Health Informatics is to: Support Strategic Health Informatics Initiatives; Increase Health Informatics Projects; Provide Health Informatics Consultation; and, Develop Health Informatics Workforce Capacity. Minnesota e-Health Initiative The Minnesota e-Health Initiative is a public-private collaborative effort to improve health care quality, increase patient safety, reduce health care costs and enable individuals and communities to make the best possible health decisions by accelerating the adoption and use of health information technology. Minnesota e-Health Workgroup Activities, meetings and resources for the Minnesota Workgroups in the e-Health Initiative. Minnesota State Office of Rural Health Profiles of Key e-Health Related Projects in Minnesota (2006) An overview of several key e-Health related projects taking place throughout Minnesota. SISU Medical Systems Winona Health Community Record |
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