Our Participants
Participation and Membership in the SunCoast RHIO differ in a number of ways. Membership is at no cost at the current time.
Participation in the RHIO occurs at many levels. In some cases, our participants take a very active role in utilizing our services and expertise. In other cases, we share common missions and compliment efforts by working together on tactical and strategic plans and grant activities and by sharing human resources and advice. Finally, in the last category, members of our staff actively attends meetings with work groups of our participants' organizations and take part in their efforts.
The following is a partial listing of our participants at all levels of engagement. We hope you will visit their sites, learn about some of the activities going on in the region, and partake in the activities, services and opportunities available to the community.
Economic Development and Related Organizations:
Glades County Economic Development Council, Inc.
www.gladescountyedc.com
Enterprise Florida
www.eflorida.com
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
www.edcsarasotacounty.com
Heartland Rural Health Network, Inc.
www.hrhn.org
Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council
www.swfrpc.org
Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce
www.bonitaspringschamber.com
Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership (SW Florida Innovation Network)
www.swfrtp.org
The Hillsborough Health Care Coalition
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/healthcarecoalition
The SunCoast WorkForce Board of Sarasota and Manatee
www.SunCoastWorkForce.org
Lake Okeechobee Rural Health Network Inc.
www.lorhn.org
Hospitals and Providers:
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
www.smh.com
Desoto Memorial Hospital
www.dmh.org
Hendry Regional Medical Center
www.HendryRegional.org
Lee County Volunteers in Medicine, Inc.
www.LeeCountyVIM.com
Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic
www.VolunteerCare.org
Academic and Research:
University of South Florida
www.sarasota.usf.edu
Florida State University
www.fsu.edu
University of Central Florida
www.med.ucf.edu
Florida Gulf Coast University
www.fgcu.edu
State College of Florida
www.scf.edu
Hodges University
www.hodges.edu
Government (Local, County, and State):
Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) FHIN Website
www.FHIN.net
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov
Agency for Health Care Quality and Research
www.ahrq.gov
Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov
Sarasota County Health Department
www.sarasotahealth.org
Sarasota County Government (211 Tapestry Project)
www.scgov.net
North Port Partnership for Wellness
City of North Port Division of Social Services (covers 8 social service agencies)
RHIO Organizations:
Florida Association of RHIO's (FAR)
www.floridarhios.com
Orlando Florida Health Care Coalition
www.flhcc.com
New York e Health Collaborative
www.nyehealth.org
Technology Participants:
21BizTech
www.21biztech.com
Health Information Management Systems Society
www.himss.org
Central and North Florida HIMSS Chapter
www.cfhimss.org
Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org
College of Health Care Information Management Executives
www.cio-chime.org
Other Organizations:
Community Health Action Team of North Port (grass roots advocacy/Sarasota County sponsored)
www.northportchat.googlepages.com
Out of Many One
www.OutofMany1.org
Senior Friendship Center of Sarasota
www.friendshipcenters.org
Florida Health Information Management Association
www.fhima.org
American College of Health Care Executives
www.ache.org
Medical BankingProject (Now part of HIMSS National)
www.mbproject.org
MedicSuccess, consulting firm addressing Latino and Communities of color
www.medicsuccess.com