WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama collectively will receive around $35 million in new stimulus grants to help health care providers adopt and use electronic medical recordkeeping, according to a news release.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced a total of almost $1 billion, including $750 million for health information technology and $225 million to help train nearly $15,000 people for careers in health care, information technology and other high-growth fields, the release stated.
The awards include nearly $11.7 million to the state of Tennessee, $13 for the Georgia Department of Community Health and $10.5 million for the Alabama Medicaid Agency.