About AzHeC

Convene. Coordinate. Communicate. In three words, that's the simplest way to express what AzHeC is here to accomplish.  Our charter is to help Arizona consumers, insurers and providers find their way in the space where the importance of medical information and the power of information technology come together.  

Established in January 2007, AzHeC is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead Arizona's establishment of health information exchange (HIE), and adoption of health information technology (HIT). Initially, AzHeC was a state-led program called upon by the Governor to comprehensively review issues and develop recommendations. Having accomplished that phase of our mission, we are now directed by a very diverse, private-public partnership to refine those recommendations and facilitate implementation.

Arizona Health-e Connection is neither a regional health information organization (RHIO) nor an information exchange, but instead has a strategic direction to support the establishment of successful HII in Arizona through activities in the following three areas:

• Serving as an educator and statewide clearinghouse for information

• Researching and developing statewide policies, and model legal agreements

• Supporting health information exchange and provider adoption of health information technology