Earmark - Clinical Telemedicine Services and Electronic Health Records for BayCare Health System

Agency:		Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau:		Health Resources and Services Administration
Account:		Health resources and services (75-0350)
Certifying Official:		Director, Division of Financial Management, OAFM
Contact Information:		http://WWW.HHS.GOV 202-720-3210

Clinical Telemedicine Services and Electronic Health Records for BayCare Health System

1 recipient will receive $992,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: 5085

Description: Create an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to enable the transformation of care delivery and business practices throughout BayCare and the community we serve. A subsystem of the EMR is the implementation of a Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) system; the system will use rules and clinical knowledge-based information to improve clinical processes and reduce errors.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
BayCare Health System (080010679)	$992	Telehealth	Non-Profit	17757 US Hwy 19 Clearwater, FL

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: P.L. 108-447, Report 108-792, Title II page 1129.

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: to develop an electronic medication and clinical services ordering system

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007