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		<title>Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support &#8216;Meaningful Use&#8217; of Electronic Health Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced final rules to help improve Americans’ health, increase safety and reduce health care costs through expanded use of electronic health records (EHR).



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<li><a href='http://www.regionalextensioncenters.com/final-rule-for-temporary-certification-issued' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Final Rule for Temporary Certification Issued'>Final Rule for Temporary Certification Issued</a></li>
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		<title>California Regional Extension Centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 09:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HITREC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In California the San Francisco Business Times reported that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kim Belshé said the state is naming a new nonprofit entity called Cal eConnect to oversee the development of Health Information Exchange services in the Golden State. Some of the organizations in Northern California include [...]


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		<title>State HIE, REC and Job Training Grant Recipients</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State HIE, REC and Job Training Grant Recipients for Health IT, Training Workers for Health Jobs of the Future A complete listing of the state HIE, REC and job training grant recipients is as follows: State HIE Awards: State HIE Awardee Award Amount Alabama Medicaid Agency $10,564,789 Arizona Governor&#8217;s Office of Economic Recovery $9,377,000 Arkansas [...]


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		<title>State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program Awards Early 2010 marked the first announcement of awards to 40 states and State Designated Entities (SDE) under HITECH’s State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program. This Program funds states’ efforts to rapidly build capacity for exchanging health information across the health care system both within and across [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.regionalextensioncenters.com/nationwide-beacon-community-program-for-health-information-exchange' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Nationwide Beacon Community Program for Health Information Exchange'>Nationwide Beacon Community Program for Health Information Exchange</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.regionalextensioncenters.com/the-hitech-foundation-for-information-exchange' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The HITECH Foundation for Information Exchange'>The HITECH Foundation for Information Exchange</a></li>
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		<title>The HITECH Foundation for Information Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HITECH Foundation for Information Exchange A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology As the many activities mandated by the HITECH Act move forward, I want to take a moment to share my vision of the overarching goal and some of its implications.  Our goal, above all else, is to [...]


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