The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides approximately $19 billion in funding to help hospitals and physicians adopt health information technology. The Kansas Hospital Associiation and the Kansas Hospital and Education and Research Foundation have compiled and developed resources to support the hospital community on its journey to Meaningful Use.
Federal / Meaningful Use
State / Medicaid Incentives
Health Information Exchange
Tools and Resources
Kansas Health InformationNetwork
Kansas HIE Initiative
Regional HIT Extension Center
Kansas EHR Toolkit
KHA regularly sends updates to health information technology contacts in member hospitals. If you would like to receive updates or access previous reports, contact Dee Lewis.
2011 Strategic Issues Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange - Information to improve patient care, develop health policy, improve public health and reduce cost - has been identified by the Kansas Hospital Association Board of Directors as one of five issue strategies for KHA to address in 2011. If you have questions regarding a HIT or HIE issue, contact Melissa Hungerford, Mary Matzke, or Sally Perkins at (785) 233-7436.