The Maryland Health Care Commission will receive $9.3 million in federal stimulus money to build an exchange for electronic health records.
The money will go toward an ongoing project to develop the system. Nonprofit organization Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients is in charge of that endeavor, with $10 million from hospital rate payments as initial funding.
“These funds will accelerate Maryland’s innovative health IT partnership between government and health care providers and allow them to get health information into the hands of clinicians when and where they need it,” Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary John M. Colmers said in a statement.
The money is coming through the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
“Patients and doctors need better access to information technology and a more robust platform to share important information,” Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said in a statement. “This federal support will go a long way to build on the successful programs many hospitals and practices have already implemented and will, in the long run, save patients, insurers and taxpayers money.
The Baltimore Business Journal reported in December the exchange could benefit as many as 4,000 physician practices, with no more than nine doctors, in Maryland.
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