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Medicaid HITECH Conference: Regional Extension Centers Drive Meaningful Use
Kimberly Lynch | June 6, 2013
Recently we announced an important healthcare milestone – more than 50% of eligible professionals and nearly 80% of hospitals nationwide have adopted or are meaningfully using EHRs.
Read Full Post.EHR Adoption Rates Increase with Aid from Local RECs
Kimberly Lynch | March 21, 2013
Leaders, clinicians, and community board members of the nation’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are meeting in Washington this week to engage in collaborative learning and celebrate their journey towards meaningful use. They will also be comparing notes about what works, and what doesn’t in their adoption of health information technology. Specifically they will be discussing how EHR adoption rates have significantly increased when a health center engages a local Regional Extension Center (REC).
Read Full Post.ONC’s Regional Extension Centers Sign Up 100,000 Primary Care Providers
Kimberly Lynch | November 17, 2011
Today, we’d like to acknowledge an important milestone in our journey toward national electronic health record (EHR) adoption: ONC’s Regional Extension Centers (RECs) have signed up more than 100,000 primary care providers! This means that roughly one third of the nation’s primary care providers have committed to meaningfully using EHRs by partnering with their local REC. Momentum is building!
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