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Led by BioCrossroads, effort focuses on Indiana's depth, breadth and leadership in HIT, advancing it to the next level INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented collaborative effort, the State of Indiana under Governor Mitch Daniels' leadership, and Indiana's five independent health information exchanges and four state organizations, spearheaded by BioCrossroads, submitted an application today to receive federal stimulus funding for a statewide health information technology (HIT) program. If awarded, several million dollars in funding would be provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) which will be used to further enhance the quality and reach of the State of Indiana's HIT delivery system. more

1 in 5 Medicare patients return to the hospital within a month of being discharged, costing program $17 billion annually. WASHINGTON -- Care doesn't end when a heart attack patient is released from Bloomington Hospital. A case manager calls within 48 hours to see if the patient has been able to fill prescriptions, has had trouble taking them and has made a follow-up doctor appointment. more