The federal government approved Nevada's $6.1 million plan to connect the state's hospital computer systems in a health information exchange, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
Funds for the project come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and according to the report, state officials said the HIE will create more than 5,000 jobs. Patients must give permission to have their electronic medical records included in the HIE.
Read the Las Vegas Sun report on Nevada's HIE.
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Colorado's Centura Health Joins State's Health Information Exchange
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Funds for the project come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and according to the report, state officials said the HIE will create more than 5,000 jobs. Patients must give permission to have their electronic medical records included in the HIE.
Read the Las Vegas Sun report on Nevada's HIE.
Related Articles on Health Information Exchanges:
Colorado's Centura Health Joins State's Health Information Exchange
Four Major Utah Hospital Networks to Establish HIE
ONC Approves North Dakota's HIE Plan