A program headquartered at the UNC School of Medicine is helping more than 1,500 primary health care centers around the state adopt electronic health records and other technology upgrades.
The N.C. Area Health Education Centers program was awarded a $13.6 million federal grant last year as part of a national federal initiative to improve health care quality and efficiency.
That money established a regional center to help extend health technology.
To date, 17,000 primary-care providers have enrolled in the program nationwide, and more than 1,500 of those are from N.C.
The participants are mainly small private practices and community health centers.
Tom Bacon, executive associate dean of the UNC School of Medicine, is the director of the N.C. Area Health Education Centers program.
