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Connecticut To Get $695,000 For Electronic Health Records
By EZRA R. SILK, [e-mail]

6:35 PM EDT, August 4, 2010

http://www.ctnow.com/business/hc-dodd-health-funds-20100804,0,4704970,print.story


Incentive Program provides funding from ARRA to eligible health care providers

Connecticut will receive $695,000 to help Medicaid providers implement electronic health records, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Wednesday.

Six other states, among them Rhode Island and New Hampshire, have been awarded funds through the Electronic Health Records Incentive Program, which provides funding to eligible health care providers that use electronic health care records.

The funds, provided by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will be distributed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

"Investing in electronic health records is critical to improving the quality and efficiency of health care," Dodd said. "Electronic health records enable doctors and medical professionals to devote more time to treating patients and less time filling out paperwork."