Advancing health information technology in
Minnesota and North Dakota.

The Meaningful Use Support You Need

REACH is your one stop shop for valuable education and services.

Use our library of resources and webinar playbacks to prepare yourself for the path to meaningful use.

Education Center

REACH can provide you with the critical support you need to meet the meaningful use requirements.

EHR Services

Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT

Upcoming Events

Patient's Perspective: The 2 me's of Meaningful Engagement

Wednesday, May 29, 2013
12:15 p.m. Central Time

Stratis Health is excited to bring you a series of 5 free webinars on Patient Engagement in collaboration with four state Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)*. The series will be offered quarterly beginning in May.

9th Annual Minnesota e-Health Summit

The DoubleTree, Bloomington, MN
June 12-13, 2013

Save the date for the 9th Annual Minnesota e-Health Summit. Registration will open mid-March.

Beacon/REACH/MN TIGER Pre-Summit

Wednesday, June 12
10:00pm  - 5:00pm

Minnesota e-Health: Optimizing, Connecting, Transforming

Thursday, June 13
 
8:15am - 4:30pm

HIMSS Spring Health IT Conference

Thursday, June 20, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Central Time

Hilton Garden Inn
Fargo, ND

Save the Date Card [PDF - 781 KB]

Latest from REACH

Privacy and Security Meaningful Use Requirement – HIPAA Readiness Review

Are you ready? HIPAA Privacy and Security Requirements are embedded in Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs through the following requirements:

  • Eligible Provider (EP) Core Measure #15, and,
  • Eligible...
EHR Incentive Program - critical upcoming dates, register soon

As a potential eligible hospital (EH)/critical access hospital (CAH) participant in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, be aware of some critical upcoming dates and reasons to register as soon as possible.

REACH Collaborates with Rural Stakeholders to Provide Value to CAHs and Rural Hospitals

From the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) - REACH is implementing strategies that encourage knowledge sharing and collaborative problem solving among rural health information technology...

What we do

The Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT (REACH) works with you to improve the quality and value of care you deliver, through adopting and meaningfully using an EHR.

Our clients >

Making EHR Work for You and Your Patients

Consultants from the Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT (REACH), a nonprofit federal HIT Regional Extension Center, can help you get EHR right. REACH services are available to Minnesota and North Dakota providers of all types and sizes across the continuum of care.

REACH will work with all eligible providers, regardless of which ATCB certified product they choose to achieve meaningful use.

REACH works with you to improve the quality and value of care you deliver, through adopting and meaningfully using an EHR.

Our clients >

State and National News

New Tools to Educate Consumers and Providers about HIPAA Privacy and Security

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has developed an array of new tools to educate consumers and health care providers about the Health Insurance ...

A Record of Progress on Health Information Technology

Breaks down the HIT progress made since the enactment of HITECH. Includes the latest adoption numbers, the increased rate of electronic prescribing and increased emphasis on interoperability and exchange...

Proposed Rule Extending EHR Purchasing Exceptions

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General have issued a set of proposed rules that would drop an e-prescribing ...

Meaningful Use Education Module: Transitions of Care

The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) launched a brand new self-paced education module on the "transitions of care" interoperability criteria. ONC and CMS staff created the module in...

Updates from HealthIT.gov