Log In | Register
WASHINGTON — A $16.1 million federal economic-stimulus grant will mean an unprecedented level of preventive care for 60,000 diabetes patients in Western New York, as medical providers and insurers collaborate to use technology to keep patients on top of their treatment.
What's more, local leaders say, the funding — the largest of 15 electronic medical records grants the Obama administration announced Tuesday — is proof that the region is well on its way to becoming a showcase in the burgeoning field of health information technology.
Western New York will become what the Obama administration calls a "Beacon Community" in the use of electronic medical records — an example for the rest of the country.
