Rural Project Examples from FORHP Rural Health Information Technology Network Development Grant Program
Other Project Examples

Updated/reviewed January 2019
- Need: To ensure the quality and sustainability of rural West Central Missouri's health services through the use of technology.
- Intervention: The Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County convened a Health Information Technology (HIT) workgroup to establish electronic medical and prescription records, telemedicine capabilities, and training for Lafayette County and surrounding areas.
- Results: The workgroup fully equipped a local emergency department with HIT, launched electronic prescriptions for nearly a dozen Lafayette County providers, and identified acute needs hindering the adoption of electronic health records.

Updated/reviewed July 2018
- Need: Rural communities in Florida often lack enough financial and technical support to fully implement health information technology (HIT) within their healthcare practices.
- Intervention: The Rural Health Partnership of North Central Florida founded a Florida nonprofit organization that helps rural providers across the nation understand the benefits, risks, and opportunities of HIT while providing the means to invest in HIT programs.
- Results: CommunityHealth IT has a presence in 66 Florida locations and 140 medical and behavioral health providers are exchanging patient data. This network has provided 306,656 Florida patients with data since their founding in 2011.