HHS To Award $235M To Boost Local Models for EHR Adoption

Posted by InterOpNurse in Featured Articles, HIT, Insights on Dec 10th, 2009 | no responses

On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the launch of a $235 million initiativeto support community-based models for electronic health record adoption, Federal Computer Week reports (Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, 12/2).

Of the funds, HHS will award about $220 million as grants to 15 not-for-profit community groups or government entities representing diverse geographic areas. About $15 million of the funds will go toward technical assistance and program evaluation (Gruenwald, "Tech Daily Dose," National Journal, 12/2).

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It appears the the program – Beacon Community Cooperative program targets institutions that have already some strategec initiative in place, but unfortuantely does nothing for those who have not implemented a thing?  Even the "meaningful use" criteria requires you to put your investment on a technology up front, and only when you meet the criteria do you get reimbursement?  What is wrong with this picture?

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