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The Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health and Primary Care is soliciting proposals for grants to support the adoption and use of interoperable electronic health records by health care providers in rural and medically underserved areas of the state that frequently cannot fully afford the investment in health information technology. Total funding of $3.5 million is available for: 1) Readiness Assessment and Planning Grants up to $50,000 or 2) Implementation Grants up to $750,000. Eligible applicants are community e-health collaboratives, community clinics and regional or community-based health information exchange organizations. A one-to-three match is required. Applications are due September 5, 2008. For application materials, go to: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/funding/index.html#ehr or www.health.state.mn.us/e-health/funding.html