HealthBridge

Infobox_Company
company_name = HealthBridge Inc.
company_type = Non-profit organization
location_city = Cincinnati, OH
location_country = USA
foundation = Established|1997
key_people = CEO, Robert Steffel
CFO, Keith Hepp
CTO, Rodney Cain
Director of Policy and Public Relations, Trudi Matthews
Director of Clinical Messaging, Dan Conley
homepage = [http://www.healthbridge.org/ www.healthbridge.org]

HealthBridge is a RHIO in Cincinnati, Ohio. HealthBridge is one of the nation’s largest and most successful RHIOs or health information exchanges (HIEs) according to the eHealth Initiative's Value and Sustainability Model and the Center for Studying Health System Change.

HealthBridge is a not-for-profit founded in 1997 as a community effort to develop a common technology infrastructure for sharing health information electronically in the Greater Cincinnati tri-state area. Its mission is to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare in their community.

As a result of HealthBridge and its community partners’ efforts, more than 26 million clinical tests, images, and other clinical results are transmitted each year to authorized physicians through HealthBridge’s secure electronic network. HealthBridge works with 24 hospitals, nearly 4400 physician users, 17 local health departments, dozens of physician offices and clinics, as well as nursing homes, independent labs, radiology centers and other health care entities in the Greater Cincinnati area. HealthBridge has facilitated the creation of an integrated and interoperable community healthcare system. This includes the adoption of community standard technologies and work processes.

References

* [http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/970/ Creating Sustainable Local Health Information Exchanges: Can Barriers to Stakeholder Participation be Overcome?]
* [http://toolkit.ehealthinitiative.org/ eHealth Initiative Value and Sustainability Model Tool Kit]
* [http://www.hhnmostwired.com/hhnmostwired_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HHNMOSTWIRED/PubsNewsArticleMostWired/data/050629HHN_Online_Appleby&domain=HHNMOSTWIRED HealthBridge Spans Cincinnati's Care]
* [http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/magazine/viewmagfeature/content/69883.html Sharing the Data Bridge]
* [http://govhealthit.com/article94778-06-12-06-Print RHIOs for beginners]