10 Vermont health centers get funding for IT improvements

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Ten Vermont health centers will be sharing more than $548,000 in federal funding for health information technology upgrades.

The funding announced Thursday by the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary is part of $87 million going to 1,310 health centers in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Pacific Basin.

The department says the funding will go toward enhancing health information technology to improve the sharing and use of information for better decisions and to accelerate health centers’ switch to value-based models of care. For the full article click here 

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