The other Beacon Community awardees receiving health IT related project funding are:
- Delta Health Alliance in Stoneville, Miss. was awarded a $14.6 million grant for diabetes management.
- Eastern Maine Healthcare System in Brewer, Maine is receiving $12.7 million for telemedicine projects helping elderly patients in long-term care facilities and those living at home.
- Geisinger Clinic in Danville, Pa. was awarded a $16 million grant to enhance care of pulmonary and congestive heart patients.
- HealthInsight in Salt Lake City, Utah is receiving $15.7 million for diabetes management projects.
- Indiana Health Information Exchange, which is currently the country's largest and oldest health exchange, was awarded $16 million to help it expand into additional communities.
- Inland Northwest Health Services in Spokane, Wash. was granted $15.7 million for diabetes preventative services.
- Louisiana Public Health Institute in New Orleans was awarded $13.5 million to improve diabetes control and smoking cessation rates.
- Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn. received a $12.3 million grant for projects aimed at reducing hospitalization costs and emergency room visits by diabetics and asthmatics, and improving health disparities in rural and underserved communities.
- Rhode Island Quality Institute in Providence, R.I. was awarded a $15.9 million grant for improving management of diabetic patients and immunization rates.
- Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization in Grand Junction, Colo. is getting $18.9 million for projects that include improving blood pressure control in diabetic and hypertension patients and reducing unnecessary ER visits.
- Southern Piedmont Community Care Plan in Concord, N.C. was granted $15.9 million for coordination of care projects involving chronically ill patients.
- The Regents University of California in San Diego was awarded $15.3 million for projects including expanding pre-hospital emergency field care using electronic data transmission and improving continuity of care for military personnel and veterans.
- University of Hawaii at Hilo received a $16 million grant for implementing a regional health information exchange to improve care of patients with chronic diseases and in areas where there are shortages of healthcare professionals.
- Western N.Y Clinical Information Exchange in Buffalo was awarded $16 million for a project involving clinical decision support tools and telemedicine for diabetic and heart patients.
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