The California eHealth Initiative Goals

Our Purpose

To dramatically improve safe and secure patient and provider access to personal health information and decision-making processes, benefiting the health and wellbeing, safety, efficiency, and quality of care for all Californians.

Our Objectives

1. To ensure patients have safe, secure access to their personal health information and the ability to share that information with others involved in their care,
2. To engage in an open, inclusive, collaborative, public-private process that supports widespread electronic health records (EHR) adoption and a robust, sustainable statewide health information exchange and technology infrastructure,
3. To improve health care outcomes and reduce costs,
4. To maximize California stakeholders’ access to critical ARRA stimulus funds,
5. To integrate and synchronize the planning and implementation of health information exchange (HIE), health information technology (HIT), telehealth, telemedicine, and provider incentive program components of the federal stimulus act,
6. To ensure accountability in the expenditure of public funds,
7. To improve public health through stronger health program integration, bio-surveillance and emergency response capabilities