Grant to help connect Evansville, IN, with statewide health network

A $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be used over two years to connect Evansville with the nonprofit Indiana Health Information Exchange, officials have announced. The exchange consists of 33 hospitals, 7,200 physicians and 2,445 practices in Indiana, and can deliver lab results, reports, medication histories, treatment histories and more in a standard, electronic format.