Summit Discusses Health IT Among Safety-Net Providers
The federally designated Regional Extension Centers will need to develop outreach strategies to encourage electronic health record adoption among rural health care providers and safety-net clinics, panelists said during this week's National Regional Extension Centers and Health Information Exchange Summit West in San Francisco. HITEC-LA, one of California's three RECs, said it is leveraging L.A. Care Health Plan's resources and infrastructure to promote health information technology among numerous health care providers.
- "REC Experts Discuss Access to Rural, Underserved Communities" (Enrado, Healthcare IT News, 10/5).