HHS Awards Additional HIT Grants to States - March 17, 2010

On March 15, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Katherine Sebelius and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal, M.D., announced $162 million in grants authorized under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. The grants to states and qualified state-designated entities are part of the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, for the development of information exchange initiatives that will help providers become meaningful users of health IT. The grants are in addition to the $385 million that HHS announced on February 12. With this announcement, every state and eligible territory has been awarded funds through this program. To see the announcement and a list of the March 15 grantees, click here.