Many health care facilities, particularly rural hospitals, continue to struggle with how to access funding to support the implementation of electronic health records. Bill Menner, the Iowa State Director of Rural
Development with the USDA, and Leila Samy, the Rural Health IT Coordinator for ONC, recently wrote a blog post on how to create funding for critical access and rural hospitals in Iowa. This blog post at HealthIT.gov outlines the unique challenges that the rural hospitals face and some potential 'recipes for success'.
