The Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford is planning a $20 million health IT upgrade to integrate its providers under one health IT system, according to a Hartford Business report.
The project will include rewiring the hospital's main campus, providing electronic health records to its specialty medical practices and extending data-sharing capabilities to community physicians it does not employ, which will help the hospital create a health information exchange infrastructure.
The investment, funded by a loan from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, aims to increase coordination of care through improved communication and access to patient data.
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The project will include rewiring the hospital's main campus, providing electronic health records to its specialty medical practices and extending data-sharing capabilities to community physicians it does not employ, which will help the hospital create a health information exchange infrastructure.
The investment, funded by a loan from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, aims to increase coordination of care through improved communication and access to patient data.
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