Press Release
Minnesota Department of Health Selects the Maine Health Information Center to Build Statewide Claims Database
[Please Note — The Maine Health Information Center changed its name to Onpoint Health Data on October 1, 2009.]
Manchester, Maine — The Minnesota Department of Health has selected the Maine Health Information Center (MHIC) to develop a statewide comprehensive claims database, a key component of the state’s new healthcare reform initiative.
Under the two-year contract, the MHIC will facilitate development of data collection rules; design and build the claims database; collect, process, and validate the data; and extract data to inform comparisons of healthcare utilization, cost, and quality
Press Release
The Maine Health Information Center Hires James Harrison as New President/CEO
[Please Note — The Maine Health Information Center changed its name to Onpoint Health Data on October 1, 2009.]
Manchester, Maine — The Maine Health Information Center (MHIC) of Manchester, Maine, has named James Harrison of Cape Elizabeth as its new president/CEO.
Harrison succeeds former MHIC president Suanne Singer, who is retiring after 29 years of service with the organization. Singer will continue to serve the MHIC in a senior consulting role, assisting with several key initiatives.
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The High Cost Of Being Overweight
Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, Maine via RedOrbit -- April 2, 2006 -- Being out of shape doesn't just cost Mainers their health. Every year, more than $2 billion is spent on related medical fees and workers' compensation or lost in workplace productivity, according to a study set for release this week by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Maine Health hospital system....
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Computerized Records Can Benefit Medical Care
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine -- August 21, 2005 -- Maine, like the rest of the nation, is seeing increasing demands on its health care system as the vast majority of baby boomers are passing middle age and entering the period where more visits to the doctor are inevitable. It's no surprise that medical experts in the state are looking to technology to provide greater efficiency in the system....
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Medical Histories at Click of a Mouse?
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine -- August 18, 2005 -- Janice Cooper totes a pages-long list of her mother's prescriptions every time she takes her to see the doctor. With five doctors taking care of the 85-year-old, Cooper wants to make sure the physicians, including a neurologist and pulmonologist, have up-to-date information. "I often get the feeling they don't know what the other one is doing," said Cooper, who lives in Yarmouth. "I think it would help if they could coordinate more." Under a system that's in the early stages of development, Cooper wouldn't have to worry....
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In Maine, Plan Shows Promise
Concord Monitor, Concord, New Hampshire -- October 16, 2003 -- The idea for the New Hampshire's insurance claim database came from Maine, where a group of large employers banded together in the mid 1990s to create a private database of their claims... In 2001, Maine passed legislation enabling the Maine Health Information Center and the state to create a similar database for the state as a whole....
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Brand Drugs Costing Mainers
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine -- April 4, 2002 -- A shift away from less-expensive generic drugs to newer and costlier brand names helped push up the cost of prescription medication in Maine from 1999 to 2000, according to a new study of 10 large businesses by the Maine Health Information Center. The study showed that while the use of all prescription drugs increased only 6 percent, the overall cost increased at twice that rate....
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Insured And Informed
Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine -- April 12, 2002 -- Employer costs for prescription drugs, based on a survey of 10 Maine employers, rose 30 percent here from 1998 to 2000; for employees and their dependents, the increase was more than double that. The cost went up so sharply because Mainers are using more prescription drugs, they are using more of the new, more expensive drugs and they are slightly less often using generic drugs... A study offered last week by the Maine Health Information Center shows at least one area where those buying insurance can act to reduce costs....
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Businesses Team Up To Study Workers' Health Care
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine -- April 9, 1994 -- A diverse group of businesses employing 100,000 Maine residents has formed to take an unprecedented look at the way workers use medical services. The group will share and analyze a broad range of statewide health information, with an eye toward influencing the way care is delivered and insurance dollars are spent... The data will be analyzed by the Maine Health Information Center, an independent data group in Augusta....
