MCHEC is a membership-driven organization whose purpose is to assist the health care industry in adopting standardized electronic commerce solutions to increase efficiency and provide better health care to patients. Assistance is provided by training, standards development, pilot projects and similar efforts. Membership in MCHEC is open to any health care industry organization in Minnesota. The Minnesota Health Data Institute established MCHEC as a full committee in 1999, and as such, the MCHEC Management Committee is empowered to oversee all MCHEC programs and report to th e Board of the Institute. http://www.mhdi.org/mchec/ Minnesota Health Data Institute