The American Health Information Community, or AHIC, will be phased out in coming months as its successor, AHIC 2.0, is established, according to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt. During a Jan. 22 AHIC meeting, Leavitt named LMI Consulting, based in McLean, Va., and the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., recipients of a two-phase, multimillion-dollar grant aimed at funding the transition.
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