Despite a $1.2 billion dollars in grants dedicated to fund the electronic medical records program, medical experts see many challenges that will need to be overcome first.  Which doctors and hospitals will be eligible for the money ?  Learn more in this article from TheHill.com.

Health specialists and trade groups hailed the administration move to provide $1.2 billion in grants to the program as a big step forward in helping doctors and hospitals adopt new technology to save money, reduce errors and increase efficiency.

The grants, which were announced Thursday, include $598 million to set up around 70 health information technology centers to help healthcare institutions purchase electronic record systems. Another $564 million will go toward developing a nationwide system of health information networks.

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