The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced recently a two-year $4.9 million grant to help hospitals satisfy electronic public health data reporting requirements under meaningful use by connecting them electronically to a shared network.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) will do the recruiting of the hospitals and is looking for hospital’s already working on reaching meaningful use. The AHA will create a website for hospitals to learn about selection criteria and sign up.

More than 500 hospitals are expected to be recruited, educated and connected – 100 of which will be critical access (CAH) or rural hospitals.

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