EDS awarded $1.7 million contract with RI Dept. of Health

Will build first electronic health records (EHR) network; deployment scheduled for summer 2008

The R.I. Department of Health today announced that it has awarded the state’s longtime Medicaid fiscal agent [(EDS, based in Plano, TX but with offices in Warwick)] a three-year contract to design, implement and manage...the Rhode Island Health Information Exchange.

...the network is another significant step toward Gov. Donald L. Carcieri's goal of electronic access to health information for all Rhode Islanders by 2010 as part of his "Anytime, Anywhere Healthcare" program for state residents.

Full Story: Department of Health awards EHR contract Source: Providence Business News, July 30th, 2007

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