Anti-poverty group forms Athens Health Network seeking federal funds
The anti-poverty group OneAthens is going after federal grants to create a system allowing doctors to save time and money by sharing patients’ medical information electronically. Paul Boumbulian, a health care expert the University of Georgia hired last year to follow through on OneAthens’ plan to improve local health care for the uninsured and underinsured, is talking to Morehouse College, where he once taught, about setting up the system. “We do not have a system in Athens-Clarke County that connects everybody,” Boumbulian said. read more
The anti-poverty group OneAthens is going after federal grants to create a system allowing doctors to save time and money by sharing patients’ medical information electronically.
Paul Boumbulian, a health care expert the University of Georgia hired last year to follow through on OneAthens’ plan to improve local health care for the uninsured and underinsured, is talking to Morehouse College, where he once taught, about setting up the system.
“We do not have a system in Athens-Clarke County that connects everybody,” Boumbulian said.
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