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The New Jersey Government will receive $11.4 million in federal funds over the next four years to finance four EHR projects designed to allow hospitals to share EMR s in real time over secure networks.

The funding, awarded under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and initially sought by the Corzine administration, moves the state closer to the national goal of achieving interoperable electronic health record transfer capability by the year 2014.

"These infrastructure projects are important building blocks in creating a network-wide electronic health record system," Considine said. "These projects will help lead the way toward better and safer medical care for the people of New Jersey. When we began this effort more than a decade ago, we knew it would be an ambitious undertaking. An electronic health record system translates to important cost savings for hundreds of thousands of people."

When the projects are completed by March 2014, treatments including diagnostic tests such as legally required lead screening for children will be tracked, preventing unnecessary duplicate services. Another benefit of electronic health record is that any possible adverse reactions, such as drug allergies, would be known by the treating medical staff.

Source : newjerseynewsroom.com

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