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By, Diana Manos
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will grant Alaska, Kentucky, South Carolina and Wisconsin federal matching funds for EHR implementations.
The funding is allotted under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grants cosist of:

$900,000 for Alaska;
$2.6 million for Kentucky;
$1.48 million for South Carolina; and
$1.37 million for Wisconsin

According to CMS officials, [...]

Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Federal Economic Stimulus Package on February 1st, 2010 | No Comments »

By Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is adopting a two-tier system of testing and certifying IT systems.

In a conference call with vendors and developers of health IT systems Thursday, CCHIT Chairman Mark Leavitt announced the not-for-profit organization’s new testing program, as the group readies itself for [...]

Filed under: EHR on September 21st, 2009 | No Comments »