The Rural Network that Could

Planning for and implementing an electronic health records system is a daunting task for any hospital or healthcare system. But when a network of seven critical access hospitals in northern Iowa launched its system in 2008 it became the country's first rural integrated EHR. Now the CIO is sharing details of how he and his team got the job done.

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Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson (10/13/2010 at 12:34 PM)

Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=2193