BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts officials are announcing that the Obama administration has approved $16.9 million in funding to help develop a statewide Health Information Exchange network that will allow for integrated care and aid in cost containment efforts.
|The state's Executive Office of Health and Human Services says the project will allow health care providers, hospitals and others to exchange clinical data through a secure, statewide network.
|Gov. Deval Patrick said the project will help slow the growth of health care costs in the state, which spiraled in the wake of a 2006 landmark law that required nearly all state residents to be covered by health insurance.
|The Legislature recently approved a bill designed to lower health care costs in Massachusetts.
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