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List of regional extension centers in the U.S.
The country's 60 regional extension centers aim to help small health care providers select, implement and maintain EHR software. Here, we identify the RECs and how to find them.
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(RECs). These organizations, which collectively received $642 million, have been given the task of providing educational and technical resources to health care providers as they adopt health IT in an effort to achieve meaningful use.
In addition, many but not all of the regional extension centers plan to name preferred electronic health record (EHR) vendors. Finally, though the RECs will show small and midsized providers how to implement EHR systems, they will not complete the installations themselves.
The table below lists contact information for regional extension centers across the country, including the U.S. territories. The map is divided into regions as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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| CT | eHealthConnecticut | 1111 Cromwell Ave, Suite 201, Rocky Hill, CT , 06067 (860) 240-5617 |
| MA | Massachusetts eHealth Institute Regional Extension Center (a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative) | 75 North Drive, Westborough, MA , 01581 (508) 870-0312 |
| ME | HealthInfoNet | 125 Presumpscot Street, Box 8, Portland, Maine 04103 (207) 541-9250 |
| NH | Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative | 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451-1411 (781) 434-7910 |
| RI | RI Regional Extension Center (a service of the Rhode Island Quality Institute) | 275 Promenade Street, Suite 225, Mail Stop 3, Providence, RI, 02908 (401) 276-9141 |
| VT | Vermont Information Technology Leaders | 144 Main Street Suite 1, Montpelier, VT, 05602 (802) 223-4100 |
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| NJ | New Jersey Regional Extension Center | 211 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 info@njhitec.org |
| NY | NYC REACH (Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health) | 161 William St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10038 (212) 788-5711 |
| NY | New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) | 220 Church Street , 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10013 |
| PA | Pennsylvania Regional Extension and Assistance Center for HIT (REACH), East and West (a division of Quality Insights of Pennsylvania) | Central region: 2601 Market Place Street, Suite 320, Harrisburg, PA 17110 Eastern region: 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 116, King of Prussia, PA, 19406 Western region: Penn Center West, Building II, Suite 220, Pittsburgh, PA 15276 (877) 346-6180 |
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| IL | Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center | Northern Illinois University, Regional Development Institute, 301 Lowden Hall, DeKalb, IL, 60115 |
| IL | Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center | 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, 9th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611 (312) 503-2986 |
| IN | I-HITEC (established by Purdue University) | Purdue University, 1435 Win Hentschel Blvd., Suite 215, West Lafayette, IN 47906-4158 (765) 496-1911 |
| MI | Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption | M-CEITA, Altarum Institute, 3520 Green Court, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (888) 642-4347 |
| OH | Greater Cincinnati Health Bridge Inc. | 11300 Cornell Park Drive, Suite 360, Cincinnati, OH, 45242 (513) 469-7222 ext. 4 |
| OH | Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) | 3455 Mill Run Drive, Suite 315, Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 664-2600 |
| WI | Wisconsin Health Information Technology Center | MetaStar, 2909 Landmark Place, Madison, WI, 53713 (608) 729-2700 |
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| IA | Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (IFMC) | 1776 West Lakes Parkway, West Des Moines, IA, 50266 (800) 373-2964 |
| KS | Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (KFMC) | 2947 SW Wanamaker Drive, Topeka, KS, 66614-4193 (785) 273-2552 |
| MN | Regional Extension Assistance Center for Health Information Technology (REACH) | Key Health Alliance, c/o Stratis Health, 2901 Metro Drive, Suite 400, Bloomington, MN, 55425 (877) 331-8783 ext. 222 |
| MO | Missouri HIT Assistance Center | 310 Jesse Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211 (573) 882-7560 |
| NE | Wide River Technology Extension Center | 1230 O Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE, 68508 (402) 476-1700 |
| SD | HealthPOINT (a Dakota State University IT initiative) | 820 North Washington Ave, Madison, SD 57042 (605) 256-5555 |
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| DC | District of Columbia Primary Care Association (DCPCA) | 1411 K Street NW, Washington, DC, 20005 (202) 638-0252 |
| DC | National Indian Health Board | 926 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, 20003 (202) 507-4070 |
| DE | Quality Insights of Delaware, Inc. | 3411 Silverside Road, Baynard Building, Suite 100, Wilmington, DE, 19810 (302) 478-3600 |
| FL | The Center for the Advancement of Health IT (AHIT), a regional extension center serving northern and rural Florida (a service provided by Community Health Centers Alliance) | 140 Fountain Parkway Suite 210, St. Petersburg, FL, 33716 (727) 573-2422 |
| FL | South Florida Regional Extension Center | 9064 NW 13 Terrace, Miami, FL, 33172 (305) 471-8710 |
| FL | University of Central Florida | Central Florida Health Information Technology Initiative (CFHITI), 10151 University Blvd., #281, Orlando, FL 32817 (407) 266-1307 |
| FL | University of South Florida | 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, Florida 33612 clesko@health.usf.edu |
| GA | Georgia Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (GA-HITREC) (an affiliate of Morehouse School of Medicine) | 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30310 (404) 756-8960 |
| MD | Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) Regional Extension Center | 5525 Research Park Drive, Catonsville, MD 21228 (410) 402-9211 |
| NC | North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) (a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) | 3200 Chapel Hill/Nelson Blvd., Cape Fear Building, Suite 200, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (919) 558-9258 |
| SC | Center for Information Technology Implementation Assistance (CITIA) (established and directed by Health Sciences South Carolina) | 901 Sumter Street, Suite 511, Columbia, SC, 29208 (803) 576-5901 |
| VA | Virginia Health Quality Center (VHQC) | 9830 Mayland Drive, Suite J, Richmond, VA, 23233 (804) 289-5320 |
| WV | West Virginia Health Improvement Institute | P.O. Box 1782, Charleston, WV 25326 (301) 529-7858 |
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| AL | Alabama Regional Extension Center | 307 University Boulevard, TRP III Suite 1100, Mobile, AL, 36688 (251) 414-8170 |
| KY | Kentucky Regional Extension Center (housed at the University of Kentucky) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation, 109 Kinkead Hall, Lexington, KY, 40536 (859) 257-9420 |
| TN | Tennessee HIT Regional Extension Center (tnREC) | QSource, 3175 Lenox Park Blvd. Suite 309, Memphis, TN, 38115 (800) 528-2655 |
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| AR | HITArkansas (a division of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care) | Attention: Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, 401 West Capitol Ave, Suite 410, Little Rock, AR, 72201 (501) 212-8616 |
| LA | Louisiana Health Information Technology (LHIT) Resource Center (a division of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum) | Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, 8550 United Plaza Blvd., Suite 500, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 (225) 334-9299 |
| MS | Mississippi Regional Extension Center (operated by eQHealth Solutions) | 8591 United Plaza Blvd., Suite 270, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809 (888) 557-1926 |
| OK | Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality | 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134 (405) 302-3238 |
| TX | North Texas Regional Extension Center | 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX, 75062 (972) 719-4900 |
| TX | CentrEast Regional Extension Center | 400 Harvey Metro Centre, 3833 Texas Avenue, Suite 150, Bryan, Texas 77802 (979) 862-5001 |
| TX | Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center (coordinated by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) | 7000 Fannin, Suite UCT 600, Houston, TX 77030 (713) 500-3657 |
| TX | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | 3601 4th Street, MS 6271, Lubbock, TX, 79430 (806) 743-4569 |
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| AZ | Arizona Health-e Connection | 810 W. Bethany Home Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85013 (602) 288-5130 |
| CO | Colorado Regional Extension Center (CORHIO) | 3773 Cherry Creek N. Dr., Suite 615, Denver, CO 80209 (720) 285-3200 |
| ID | Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center (WIREC) | Qualis Health, PO Box 33400, Seattle, WA 98133-0400 (206) 364-9700 |
| MT | Health Technology Services (a division of Mountain-Pacific Quality Health) | 3404 Cooney Drive, Helena, MT, 59602 (406) 457-5888 |
| NM | New Mexico Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (in collaboration with LCF Research) | LCF Research, 2309 Renard Place SE, Suite #103, Albuquerque, NM, 87106-4264 (505) 938-9900 |
| UT | Health Insight | 348 East 4500 South, Suite #300 Salt Lake City, UT, 84107 (800) 483-0932 |
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| AK | Alaska eHealth Network | PMB 1143, 2440 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK, 99507 (907) 729-3934 |
| CA | California Health Information Partnership & Services Organization (CalHIPSO) | 1231 I Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA, 95814 (510) 285-5723 |
| CA | CalOptima Foundation | 1120 West La Veta Avenue, Suite 200, Orange, CA 92868 (714) 246-8500 |
| CA | HITEC-LA | 555 West 5th Street, 29th Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90013 (213) 694-1250 |
| HI | Hawai'i Pacific REC (a program of the Hawai'i Health Information Exchange) | 345 Queen Street, Suite 601, Honolulu, HI, 96813 (808) 791-7830 |
| OR | O-HITECH | 707 SW Washington Street, Suite 1200, Portland, OR, 97205 (503) 943-2617 |
| WA | Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center (WIREC) | Qualis Health, PO Box 33400, Seattle, WA 98133-0400 (206) 364-9700 |
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| PR | Ponce School of Medicine Regional Extension Center | 388 Zona Industrial Reparada 2, Ponce, PR, 00716 (787) 840-2575 |
Additional resources:
- Regional extension centers face challenges in boosting EHR adoption rates
- Money for regional extension centers announced, but will it be enough?
This tip was updated on January 19, 2011 to reflect changes in REC names and website addresses.
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