"Rural health care -- despite numerous grants from the federal government -- generally gets the short end of the health IT stick when it comes to deploying a serviceable Internet connection. It is no different in Colorado, where laying fiber is a difficult and expensive process, and satellite reception is hard to come by in the mountainous and farmland regions.
However, thanks to a collaboration between the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) -- the state's official HIE -- and the Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN), rural providers are not on the outside looking in for electronic health record (EHR) adoption and, eventually, telemedicine services via broadband Internet..." Read More (Source: HealthIT)
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This is great news about Electronic Health Records in Colorado Maddie! I hope this starts to trend upwards nationwide. Thank you for sharing this article with us!
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