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Colleagues,

Over the last few weeks there have been important developments related to the 70 Regional Health Information Technology (HIT) Extension Centers that the U.S. is establishing to foster the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) nationwide ...  Read on below ...

HHS Licenses Software for Regional Health IT Extension Centers


... As reported in Health Data Management ... The Department of Health and Human Services has licensed Software As A Service (SaaS) Salesforce.com Web-based customer relationship management (CRM) and project management software for use in regional extension centers that will provide technical assistance for providers implementing electronic health records ... The software is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA/Stimulus) Act. The extension centers will use the software of Salesforce.com Inc., which the San Francisco-based vendor will remotely host...

Cloud Computing to be Used to Support Regional Health IT Centers

... As reported in Government Health IT ... The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has tapped Acumen Solutions, a Vienna, Va.-based business and technology consulting firm, to provide cloud computing-based customer relationship management services...

... The Department of Health and Human Services envisions the creation of 70 or more centers, intended to help providers achieve “meaningful use” of electronic health records.  The cloud based CRM would track the centers’ work with providers and provide reports on the work...

...Cloud proponents say hosting applications externally in the cloud eliminates the need to deploy software on a customer’s in-house server, saving time and reducing  management chores ...

ENJOY!

CC

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