
	At LCF Research, our mission is to improve quality, control costs, and expand access to health care by conducting research in healthcare delivery and public health, provide continuing professional education, and advancing meaningful use of health information technology. For more than 20 years, LCF Research has accomplished its mission through applied research and quality improvement involvement with Lovelace Health System, a pioneering integrated health system in Albuquerque.
	
	Lovelace Clinic Foundation has extensive experience in analysis of population-based health utilization data to improve health care quality and cost-effectiveness. To further its mission to advance the meaningful use of health information technology, LCF Research has led the New Mexico Health Information Collaborative since 2004. The collaborative includes New Mexico stakeholders representing health care providers, payers, employers, state agencies, and consumers. NMHIC leads the planning and coordination of the health information exchange (HIE) network.
	
	LCF Research leads a collaborative of three organizations that manage the New Mexico Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center. NM HITREC supports providers throughout the state to achieve meaningful use and improve patient care.
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