Here's How Much Money Your Hospital Could Get For Computerizing Records

Beginning next year, tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money will flow to doctors and hospitals to help them buy computerized medical record systems as part of the economic stimulus package.

But, while road and bridge construction can be marked with nifty signs, figuring out what that might mean for your community has been tough -- until now. A company called Medsphere that helps hospitals boot up open-source electronic medical records, now offers a calculator that uses government formulas and public hospital data to show just how much money is on the line for a given facility.