Earmark - Clinical Telemedicine Services and Electronic Health Records for Inland Northwest Health Services in Spokane

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 Inland Northwest Health Services in Spokane

1 recipient will receive $496,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: 5374

Description: 1. To provide 24/7 access to specialists for consultations between urban trauma centers and rural providers. 2. Provide easy-to-use, fixed conferencing equipment in rural emergency departments. 3. Increase utilization by providing access to wound care, pediatric emergency, and physician intensivists. Incorporate availablity of shared EMR and imaging with video consultations.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Inland Northwest Health Services in Spokane (029898991)	$496	Telehealth	Non-Profit	601 West First Avenue, Suite 200 Spokane, WA

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: P.L. 108-447, Report 108-792, Title II page 1137.

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: Constrctn & Rnvtn (inclding equip) of hlth care & othr faclties & other hlth relatd activitities

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007