Expanding Indiana's Breakthroughs in Health Information Technology (Exibhit Indiana): Initiative to Advance the State's Health IT National Leadership and Assets Launched to Bring More Awareness...(he nation's largest and longest-running ...)

• More than 6.3 million messages are exchanged each month - ranging from patient lab test results to X-rays to medication histories
• More than 12,000 physicians statewide have access to patient records via the HIE networks
• More than 12 million patient records are securely housed

"Indiana's breakthroughs in HIT are improving the quality and safety and the cost of health care throughout Indiana by using better information to deliver better patient care," said Dr. J. Marc Overhage, President and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. "Millions of patients across the state benefit from the innovative services of our networks as well as the healthcare providers who are on the leading edge of patient care by utilizing these technologies."

Overhage also serves as Director of Medical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and is Regenstrief Professor of Medical Informatics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He has also been recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Information Technology Standards Committee.

Acting earlier this year through the adoption of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Congress determined that hospitals, doctors and patients across the U.S. should be able to share in the benefits from "meaningful use" of electronic health information by 2014.

"The ARRA offers a series of grants and incentives to further this ambitious goal. As activity accelerates, Indiana really can serve as an 'exhibit' of the best possibilities for our national HIT future," said David Johnson, President and CEO of BioCrossroads. "Indiana has an unparalleled strength in health
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