HHS has awarded $27.8 million to 27 health centers and health center networks across the country to implement electronic health records and other health information technology, according to an HHS release.
Eighteen grants for a total of $22.6 million will support EHR implementation; four grants totaling more than $2.6 million will help with other IT implementations, such as health information exchanges, and another five grants totaling over $2.5 million will help health centers plan to use existing EHRs to improve health outcomes.
The funds were designated by the stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Read the HHS release on grants for EHR and healthcare IT.
Eighteen grants for a total of $22.6 million will support EHR implementation; four grants totaling more than $2.6 million will help with other IT implementations, such as health information exchanges, and another five grants totaling over $2.5 million will help health centers plan to use existing EHRs to improve health outcomes.
The funds were designated by the stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Read the HHS release on grants for EHR and healthcare IT.