The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE); the state designee for health information technology, is facilitating the creation of strategic and operational plans for a statewide infrastructure for health information exchange (HIE). These plans will act as a blue print to a contemplated not-for-profit organization responsible for the deployment and operation of the Kansas HIE. To guide the planning and implementation process, KDHE has convened the e-Health Advisory Council to provide broad based stakeholder representation from 33-plus health care organizations.

Dr. Robert St. Peter, president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Health Institute, is the chairman of the council's finance workgroup.

For more information about the council, visit the Web site at www.kanhit.org.