Beacon Community Centers
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) funds the Beacon Communities Program. The Beacon Communities are seventeen communities across the country that had already made significant inroads in the adoption of health IT prior to the grant award.
The Beacon Community Program goals include building and strengthening a health information technology infrastructure; improving health outcomes, care quality, and cost efficiencies; and spearheading innovations to achieve better health and health care.
The Beacon Communities are microcosms of the rest of America, and as such, the lessons that are learned from them will play a key role in health care transformation.
