Congresswoman Matsui Announces $5 Million Recovery Health IT Award for Los Rios Community College District
Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) announced the award of a grant totaling $5,435,587 for Sacramento’s Los Rios Community College District. Los Rios is one of five community college districts in the country that will participate in the program through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and will serve as the lead institution for a consortium of 14 colleges in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. The money, authorized by the Recovery Act which Rep. Matsui supported last year, will be used to establish a training program focusing on computerized health information systems for providers already in the field around Sacramento.
“Today’s award serves to benefit the Sacramento community in a multitude of ways as it improves our local care delivery system, adds expertise to our workforce, attracts cutting-edge jobs to our region, and establishes relationships across California,” said Rep. Matsui. “As the training program produces well-qualified health information technology professionals who are already call Sacramento home, our residents will begin to see improvements in their care. Health IT has the potential to save the lives of our friends, families and loved ones, while also reducing costs.”
“The colleges involved in this grant will work together to implement curriculum designed to cross-train folks with computer or health care backgrounds and prepare them to work in hospitals and doctors’ offices throughout the Western region,” said Los Rios Chancellor Brice
