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ONCHIT Establishing “Beacon Communities”

01/17/2010 By Anthony Guerra Leave a Comment

beaconHHS and ONCHIT are making available $235 million to support a Beacon Community Program which will include $220 million “to build and strengthen health IT infrastructure and HIE capabilities,” including privacy and security measures for data exchange, within 15 communities.

An additional $15 million will be provided for technical assistance to the communities and to evaluate the success of the program.

Cooperative agreements will be awarded to 15 qualified non-profit organizations or government entities representing diverse geographic areas, including rural and underserved communities.  To qualify for the Beacon Community Program, applicants are expected to:

  • Build off of existing health IT infrastructure and exchange to demonstrate care and cost savings;
  • Have rates of EHR adoption that are significantly higher than published national estimates; and,
  • Coordinate with recently announced ONCHIT programs for Regional Extension Centers and State Health Information Exchange.

Information about cooperative agreement applications will be available shortly at http://HealthIT.HHS.gov/.

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Filed Under: HIE Tagged With: Beacon Communities, ONC, Regional Extension Centers

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