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Ch. 262
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(3) To be eligible for funding under this subsection, an organization
seeking to establish a regional health data exchange shall:
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(i) be a private, nonprofit organization exempt from taxation
under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(ii) have significant experience with health care information
technology in the State; and
(iii) be governed by a board of directors that includes broad
representation of the regional health care community, including payers, hospitals, and
physicians.
(b) (1) The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall encourage all
health-care practitioners and hospitals to validate on or before July 1, 2008, all
available elements of previous medical care available through a regional health data
exchange.
(2) The Department shall encourage hospitals to provide emergency
department and inpatient discharge summary data to the regional health data
exchange on or before December 31, 2008.
(e) The Maryland Health-Care Commission, the Health Services Cost Review
Commission, and the Maryland Patient Safety Center shall support the regional
health data exchange as a patient safety initiative.
19-209.
(A) THERE IS A HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE PILOT PROJECT.
(B) THE PILOT PROJECT SHALL BE OPERATED BY THE MARYLAND-DC
COLLABORATIVE, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT § 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.
(C) TO INCREASE PATIENT SAFETY, IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE, AND
PROMOTE EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE DELIVERY, THE PILOT PROJECT SHALL
TRANSMIT TO PARTICIPATING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN A PRIVATE AND
SECURE MANNER:
(1) MEDICATION HISTORY:
(2) LABORATORY AND RADIOLOGY RESULTS; AND
(3) INPATIENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DISCHARGE
SUMMARIES.
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