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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced nearly $20 million in new technical support assistance to help critical access and rural hospital facilities convert from paper-based medical records to certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Some 1,655 critical access and rural hospitals in 41 states and the nationwide Indian Country, headquartered in the District of Columbia, stand to benefit from this assistance, which can help each of them qualify for substantial EHR incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid. more

The ability to transform healthcare delivery at the community level requires information and tools for both consumers and providers—not one or the other, said Aaron McKethan, program director for the ... more

Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Health Records WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced final rules to help improve Americans’ health, increase safety and reduce health care costs through expanded use of electronic health records (EHR).  more

Final awards of state health information exchange cooperative agreement program work to build health information exchange infrastructure throughout the states    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today ... more

Funding will pave the way for area providers to receive incentive payments for using electronic systems and exchanging health information electronically to improve health care more