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Article: Major Initiative Announced to Transform Tennessee's Healthcare Delivery System; Contract Signed with State of Tennessee; Collaborative Effort with Other State Initiatives.

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July 6, 2005
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee today announced a formal partnership with the State of Tennessee's TennCare Bureau to revolutionize healthcare delivery by utilizing technology to help reduce medical errors, avoid duplicate services and detect fraud and abuse.

The program, operated by Shared Health, a fully owned BlueCross subsidiary, creates a patient-centered community health record that allows multiple providers treating the same patient to view that patient's medical information via a secure Web site. The name of this program is Shared Health Community Connection(TM).

A contract with the State of Tennessee was approved by the ...

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