DHHS Awards $564,000 to Qualis Health  to Help Idaho and Washington Rural Hospitals’ Outpatient Clinics Adopt Electronic Health Records

Seattle, WA –U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Friday that nearly $20 million in new technical support assistance to help critical access and rural hospitals’ outpatient facilities convert from paper-based medical records to certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Among the awards, $564,000 is provided to Qualis Health for WIREC, the Washington & Idaho Regional Extension Center for Health Information Technology. The benefits of health information technology can be especially important for patients and clinicians in small