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Article published - August 27, 2007
Credit: Healthcare IT News
HHS awards millions to expand healthcare IT for underserved populations
By Diana Manos, Senior Editor
WASHINGTON – The Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, today announced it would award $31.4 in grants to help health centers adopt electronic health records and other health information technology.
HRSA's Office of Health Information Technology, created in 2005, is charged with developing an agency-wide healthcare IT strategy that benefits safety-net providers and responds to the needs of the uninsured, underserved and special-needs populations, a HRSA statement said.
HRSA Administrator Elizabeth Duke said the grants are vital for the achievement of the President's goal of adoption of electronic health records for most Americans by 2014.
“Health information technology has the potential to revolutionize health care, especially for residents of underserved communities, and its expansion is a priority for HRSA,” Duke said.
The HRSA grants will include:
• Twenty-five grants totaling more than $27 million to support implementation of EHRs at health centers and in networks that link multiple health center grantees
• Eight grants worth almost $1 million to help health centers plan activities that will prepare them to adopt EHRs or other healthcare IT innovations
• Thirteen grants worth more than $3 million to help health center networks implement healthcare IT other than electronic health records, such as physician order entry, personal health records, community health records, health information exchanges and smart cards.
HRSA grant recipients include health centers in California, Delaware, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Utah. For a complete list of grant recipients, click here. |
