The Health Resources and Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services has announced grants totaling $27.8 million to implement electronic health records and other information technology initiatives.
The grants are part of the $2 billion allotted to HRSA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a variety of initiatives to expand care to low-income and uninsured populations. The I.T. grants were awarded to 27 organizations and range from $400,000 to $1.86 million.
Eighteen grants totaling $22.6 million will support EHR implementation. Four organizations received $2.6 million in grants for various initiatives including creating health information exchanges and automating records at dental practices. Five grants totaling more than $2.5 million went for using existing EHRs to improve patient outcomes.
The list of grant awardees is available at hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/09/20090929a.html.
--Joseph Goedert
SEP 29, 2009 5:22pm ET
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