Government Affairs Updates for the Health IT Industry

Monday, February 15, 2010

Millions Awarded in Grants Tied to EHR Functionality

The following are helpful resources regarding the over $750 million investment in HHS grant awards for meaningful use of health IT, of which $386 million will go to 40 states and qualified State Designated Entities (SDEs) to facilitate health information exchange (HIE) at the state level, while $375 million will go to an initial 32 non-profit organizations to support the development of regional extension centers (RECs).

Additional information about the state HIE and RECs may be found at http://HealthIT.HHS.gov/statehie and http://healthit.hhs.govextensionprogram

Information about other health IT programs funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 can be found here: http://HealthIT.HHS.gov

Information about Healthcare/High Growth Grants, and other DOL training programs is available at http://www.doleta.gov/.

For more information about the Recovery Act, please visit: www.hhs.gov/recovery , www.dol.gov/recovery and www.recovery.gov.

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