SPOTLIGHT: HHS funds rural HIE in Louisiana

 HHS funds rural HIE in Louisiana
Few states have more recent--or traumatic--experience with the limitations of paper medical records than Louisiana, which saw countless records destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. Now, at least one region needn't fear such a calamity. HHS is funding a new HIE designed to let 11 rural healthcare providers in Pointe Coupee Parish share data. Article