The White House has announced two grant programs for HITECH grants. These grant programs are attempting to bring about universal electronic health care records.
The first grant program is called the Health Information Technology Extension Program. It will fund dozens of Regional Extension Centers across the country for Health Information Technology. They will offer hospitals and doctors technical assistance for EHR systems.
The second grant program will help States to develop policies and procedures to help with the information transfer within and across states. [full story]
The first grant program is called the Health Information Technology Extension Program. It will fund dozens of Regional Extension Centers across the country for Health Information Technology. They will offer hospitals and doctors technical assistance for EHR systems.
The second grant program will help States to develop policies and procedures to help with the information transfer within and across states. [full story]
