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Regional Extension Centers (RECs)

Listing of Regional Extension Centers

Listing of Regional Extension Centers

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information technology (ONC) has funded 62 Regional Extension Centers (RECs) to help more than 100,000 primary care providers adopt and use electronic health records (EHRs).

Eligible providers who adopt and meaningfully use EHRs may receive incentive payments through the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Providers do not have to become technology experts to achieve meaningful use of EHRs; RECs will provide them with on-the-ground assistance.

REC services include outreach and education, EHR support (such as working with vendors, or helping providers choose a certified EHR system), and technical assistance in implementing health IT and using it in a meaningful way to improve care.

RECs have received $677 million for the next two years to support their work.

About the RECs

RECs represent a range of organizations that serve local communities throughout the country.

The RECs' focus is to provide on-the-ground assistance for:

  • Individual and small practices
  • Medical practices lacking resources to implement and maintain EHRs
  • Those who provide primary care services in public and critical access hospitals, community health centers, and other settings that mostly serve those who lack adequate coverage or medical care

Listing of Regional Extension Centers

Grant Recipient Name Regional Extension Center Name Email State    
Alaska eHealth Network Alaska eHealth Network External Links Disclaimer rebecca@ak-ehealth.org AK
Alabama Regional Extension Center Alabama Regional Extension Center  External Links Disclaimer info@al-rec.org AL
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. HIT Arkansas External Links Disclaimer jfuchs@afmc.org AR
Arizona Health e-Connection (AzHeC) Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) External Links Disclaimer melissa.rutala@azhec.org AZ
California Regional Extension Center (North) CalHIPSO (North) External Links Disclaimer info@calhipso.org CA
California Regional Extension Center (South) CalHIPSO (South) External Links Disclaimer info@calhipso.org CA
CalOptima Foundation CalOptima Foundation External Links Disclaimer emoscaritolo@caloptima.org CA
HITEC-LA HITEC-LA External Links Disclaimer HITEC-LA@lacare.org CA
Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) Colorado Regional Extension Center (CORHIO) External Links Disclaimer palbritton@corhio.org CO
eHealth Connecticut eHealth Connecticut External Links Disclaimer scleary@gosmacpartners.com CT
eHealth DC eHealth DC External Links Disclaimer info@ehealthdc.org DC
National Indian Health Board (NIHB) National Indian Health Board (NIHB) External Links Disclaimer tkauley@nihb.org DC, serving the nationwide Indian Country, headquartered in the District of Columbia
Quality Insights of Delaware Quality Insights of Delaware External Links Disclaimer bschindele@wvmi.org DE
Community Health Centers Alliance, Inc.* Center for the Advancement of Health IT (Rural and North Florida Regional Extension Center) External Links Disclaimer info@AdvanceHealthIT.org

 

FL
Health Choice Network of Florida, Inc.* South Florida Regional Extension Center Collaborative External Links Disclaimer info@southfloridarec.org FL
University of Central Florida Central Florida REC External Links Disclaimer info@ucf-rec.org FL
PaperFree Florida PaperFree Florida External Links Disclaimer jwolfson@hsc.usf.edu FL
Morehouse School of Medicine Georgia HITREC External Links Disclaimer dmack@msm.edu GA
Health Information Exchange Hawaii-Pacific REC External Links Disclaimer aito@hawaiihie.org HI, and the Pacific territories of Guam, American Samoa, and CNMI
IFMC Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (Iowa HITREC) External Links Disclaimer IowaHITREC@ifmc.org IA
Northern Illinois University Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (IL-HITREC) External Links Disclaimer info@ilhitrec.org IL
Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (CHITREC) Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (CHITREC) External Links Disclaimer info@chitrec.org IL
Purdue University Purdue University External Links Disclaimer marrowsm@purdue.edu IN
Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (KFMC) Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (KFMC) External Links Disclaimer recsupport@kfmc.org KS
University of Kentucky Research Foundation University of Kentucky Research Foundation External Links Disclaimer kyrec@uky.edu KY
Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum External Links Disclaimer bikerd@lhcqf.org LA
Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation External Links Disclaimer rodenstein@masstech.org MA
Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients External Links Disclaimer info@crisphealth.org MD
HealthInfoNet HealthInfoNet External Links Disclaimer info@hinfonet.org ME
Altarum Institute Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption (M-CEITA) External Links Disclaimer mceita.info@altarum.org MI
Stratis Health Regional Extension Assistance Center for Health Information Technology (REACH) External Links Disclaimer info@khaREACH.org MN
ND
The Curators of the University of Missouri Missouri HIT Assistance Center External Links Disclaimer EHRhelp@missouri.edu MO
eQHealth Solutions, Inc. Mississippi Regional Extension Center External Links Disclaimer rbordelon@eqhs.org MS
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Foundation (MPQHF) Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Foundation (MPQHF) External Links Disclaimer kurbanek@mpqhf.org MT and WY
University of North Carolina AHEC REC University of North Carolina AHEC REC External Links Disclaimer tom_bacon@med.unc.edu NC
CIMRO of Nebraska Wide River Technology Extension Center External Links Disclaimer info@widerivertec.org NE
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, Inc. Regional Extension Center of New Hampshire External Links Disclaimer jmonahan@maehc.org NH
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) External Links Disclaimer info@njhitec.org NJ
Lovelace Clinic Foundation-LCF Research Lovelace Clinic Foundation-LCF Research External Links Disclaimer Lyndi.Dittmer-Perry@LCFResearch.org NM
NYC REACH NYC REACH External Links Disclaimer aparsons@health.nyc.gov NY
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) External Links Disclaimer pwilder@nyehealth.org NY
Greater Cincinnati Health Bridge HealthBridge  Tri-State REC External Links Disclaimer dgroves@healthbridge.org OH
KY
IN
Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) External Links Disclaimer info@OHIPonline.org OH
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Inc. (OFMQ) Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Inc. (OFMQ) External Links Disclaimer jkolarik@ofmq.com OK
OCHIN, Inc. Oregon's Health Information Technology Extension Center (O-HITEC) External Links Disclaimer info@ohitec.org OR
Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Eastern) Quality Insights of Pennsylvania (Eastern) External Links Disclaimer asomplasky@wvmi.org PA
Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Western) Quality Insights of Pennsylvania (Western) External Links Disclaimer asomplasky@wvmi.org PA
Ponce School of Medicine Ponce School of Medicine External Links Disclaimer jgarcia@psm.edu PR
Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) External Links Disclaimer info@riqi.org RI
South Carolina Research Foundation  Center for Information Technology Implementation Assistance in South Carolina (CITIA-SC) External Links Disclaimer thornbur@mailbox.sc.edu; jmoskowitz@healthsciencessc.org SC
Dakota State University healthPOINT External Links Disclaimer amy.townsend@dsu.edu SD
Qsource Qsource External Links Disclaimer jmcanally@qsource.org TN
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Education and Research Foundation North Texas Regional Extension Center External Links Disclaimer info@ntrec.org TX
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center West Texas Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (WT-HITREC) External Links Disclaimer info@wtxhitrec.org TX
The TAMUS Health Science Center Research Foundation  CentrEast Regional Extension Center External Links Disclaimer tduke@tamhsc.edu TX
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center External Links Disclaimer pamela.d.slayer@uth.tmc.edu TX
HealthInsight HealthInsight External Links Disclaimer sdonnelly@healthinsight.org UT
NV
VHQC (Virginia Health Quality Center) VHQC (Virginia Health Quality Center) External Links Disclaimer lfisher@vhqc.org VA
Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. External Links Disclaimer pforlenza@vitl.net VT
Qualis Health Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center(WIREC) External Links Disclaimer peggye@qualishealth.org WA
ID
MetaStar, Inc. Wisconsin Health Information Technology Extension Center External Links Disclaimer jwang@metastar.com WI
West Virginia Health Improvement Institute, Inc. West Virginia Health Improvement Institute, Inc. External Links Disclaimer cstandre@spreadinnovation.com WV