President Obama Announces Recovery Act Awards to Build, Renovate Community Health Centers in More Than 30 States; Program to Create Jobs in Low-Income Communities, Help CHCs Serve More Than 500,000 Additional Patients
December 9, 2009 This press release, issued by the White House's Office of the Press Secretary, reports that President Obama announced the allocation of nearly $600 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act awards to support major construction and renovation projects at 85 community health centers nationwide and to help networks of health centers adopt Electronic Health Records (EHR) and other Health Information Technology (HIT) systems. Additionally, President Obama directed the Department of Health and Human Services to implement a demonstration initiative designed to evaluate the impact of the advanced primary care practice model on access, quality, and cost . . .
