Rural hospitals worry about health care overhaul

BOB MOEN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. West Park Hospital, a 25-bed facility that serves a mostly rural area of northern Wyoming, is spending $4 million to upgrade its computer system. It didn’t want to spend that much, but under the new federal health care law the hospital says it didn’t have a choice. The $4 million is to make the hospital’s patient information accessible to other hospitals and …

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Rural hospitals worry about health care overhaul

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