SD - $5.7 million awarded to promote e-medical records

The Dakota State University Center for the Advancement of Health Information Technology has been awarded nearly $5.7 million and has been selected as one of 28 Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers in the nation.

The regional centers were named by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a $2 billion effort outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. That effort hopes to achieve widespread, meaningful use of health information technology and provide the use of an electronic health record by every person by the year 2014.

DSU President Doug Knowlton said the Madison university is excited about this award and the work the center will be doing.

"This will be a big challenge for the university," Knowlton said.  "Health IT is an area (where) we feel we can contribute to the health and well-being of the state."
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