Availability of health IT funds announced |
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made a long-awaited announcement last week regarding the availability of $1.2 billion in Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health, or HITECH, Act funding to help physicians and hospitals implement and use electronic health records. Under the Health IT Regional Extension Program, HHS will award $598 million in fiscal year 2010 to support the creation of 70 Health IT Regional Extension Centers. These centers will help support physicians and hospitals in their adoption of systems which allow them to become meaningful users of health IT. To learn more about this program go here http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/hitech/factsheet.html Meantime, the State Health Information Exchange Program will award $564 million to states and qualified "state designated entities" to develop and advance mechanisms for information sharing. To learn more about this program go to http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/hitech/stateinfoexch.html |
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