AK Among States Getting Federal Funds for Electronic Medical Records

Tue, March 16, 2010
Posted in Alaska News

Alaska is among 16 states receiving federal dollars to assist in developing better methods for doctors and hospitals to share electronic health records. Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the announcement.

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage

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JEngdahlJ

Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=2193