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				 Each  year the eHealth Initiative (eHI) honors individuals and organizations that  demonstrate leadership and excellence in eHealth. Through the annual awards  program, eHI celebrates advances made in improving the quality, safety and  efficiency of health care through the use of information and information  technology (IT). 
  The  eHealth Initiative will present the 2011 eHealth awards to exemplary  individuals and organizations on January 11, 2012 as part of eHI's Eighth  Annual Conference, Cancer, Diabetes and Heart Disease: Improving Care Through  eHealth, taking place from January 11-12, 2012 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in  Washington, DC. 
Previous  eHI Award Recipients   
  2010  Award Winners: 
  - eHealth Physican Advocate of the Year: Harris Frankel,       MD
 
  - eHealth Public Advocate of the Year: Jonah Frolich
 
  - eHealth Organizations of the Year: 
 
  
    - Carolinas HealthCare System - LiveWELL Carolinas!
 
    - The Institute for Family Health 
 
   
 
2009  Award Winners: 
  - eHealth Organization of the Year - Business Process       Improvement Award: Boston Medical Center
 
  - eHealth Organization of the Year - Adoption Award:       Tufts Medical Center & New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA)
 
  - eHealth Advocate Awards: 
 
  
    - Lawrence Garber, MD, Medical Director for Informatics,        Fallon Clinic; Vice Chair, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Executive        Committee
 
    - Michael Matthews, CEO, MedVirginia; Senior Advisor to        the Governor’s Office of Health Information Technology, Commonwealth of        Virginia
 
    - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) 
 
   
 
For  over a decade, eHealth Initiative (eHI) has represented the multiple and  diverse stakeholders who are improving healthcare through the use of Health  Information Technology (HIT). eHealth Initiative's mission is to drive  improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information  and technology. 
  eHealth  Initiative is the only national organization that represents all of the  stakeholders in the healthcare industry and has a coalition of over 200 of the  most prestigious and influential organizations amongst its members, including:  clinicians, consumer and patient groups, employers and healthcare purchasers,  health plans, health information technology (HIT) suppliers, hospitals and  other providers, laboratories, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers,  pharmacies, public health agencies, quality improvement organizations,  standards groups, and state, regional and community-based organizations. 
  In  2005, eHealth Initiative launched Connecting Communities, a rapidly growing  coalition of leaders representing more than 250 state, regional and  community-based initiatives focused on improving healthcare through health  information exchange. For 8 years, eHI has surveyed and tracked the progress of  these efforts, and is recognized as the preeminent authority on health information  exchange. 
  The  eHealth Initiative focuses its efforts on five topic areas: 
  - HIT infrastructure for accountable care 
 
  - Using technology to coordinate care
 
  - Data, research and analytics
 
  - Connecting communities through health information       exchange (HIE)
 
  - Policy and advocacy on data and HIT issues related to       meaningful use and health reform 
 
 
Working  with its membership, eHI advocates for the use of health IT and data that  addresses stakeholder needs, particularly those of patients. eHI works with its  membership to: 
  - Contribute expertise, educate and advocate for the five       topic areas
 
  - Influence policy related to information, health       information technology (HIT) and health information exchange (HIE)
 
  - Convene multi-stakeholders to build consensus on policy       in the five topic areas
 
  - Inform and mobilize our members on the state of the       field through in depth reports, weekly newsletters, educational events and       policy alerts.
 
 
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