The Indiana Health Information Technology Extension Center has selected three software vendors to help it achieve its goal of helping primary care providers adopt electronic health records and meet federal standards.
From more than 200 vendors, Purdue has chosen athenahealth Inc., Boston; iSALUS Healthcare, Indianapolis; and MDLand, New York.
The three vendors were chosen for their ability to meet the needs of small or rural health care providers.
The vendors have agreed to provide preferred pricing and terms, and they are working toward a definitive agreement with the center.
The center, which was awarded a $12 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February, aims to help 2,200 primary care providers adopt and implement electronic health records.
The new records systems can be used in a variety of ways, such as giving patients electronic access to their medical records or allowing providers to write prescriptions electronically.
The practitioners targeted by the program work in small practices or with disadvantaged populations in rural clinics, community health centers or federally qualified health centers.
The Purdue center, which began operations in April, is accepting health care providers into the program.
Source:http://www.jconline.com/article/20100731/NEWS0501/7310329/Purdue-center-selects-3-medical-software-vendors
