martes, 19 de marzo de 2013

Rural Health Resources | Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov

Rural Health Resources | Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov


Resources for Critical Access Hospitals and Small Rural Hospitals ONC has launched the first in a series of web pages tailored to meet the health IT needs of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and small, rural hospitals. This effort is in support of our goal to see 1,000 CAHs and small, rural hospitals obtain Meaningful Use by the end of 2014. The pages are packed with resources, lessons from the field, health IT implementation support tools and more. You can also find Federal funding opportunities for health IT infrastructure (e.g., hardware, software, broadband). We encourage you to review and share the information among CAHs and rural hospitals in your communities. To access these web pages, visit: http://www.healthit.gov/ruralhealth
"Last year, we witnessed CAHs and small rural hospitals make great progress—591 received a CMS Meaningful Use incentive payment by the end of 2012. A key strategy for supporting CAHs and small, rural hospitals is convening the Rural Community of Practice. This tremendous group of leaders and experts from across the country is dedicated to identifying the most pressing barriers that rural safety-net hospitals face, developing tools and resources for overcoming these challenges and then hand-picking the best among these tools to make available on healthit.gov," Leila Samy, ONC's Rural Health IT Coordinator said.
We invite you to participate in our call to action in support of CAHs and rural hospitals by sharing comments and success stories. Follow this link to the challenge and then scroll to the bottom of the page to "Leave a Reply." http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/meaningful-use/critical-access-hospitals/ 

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