The U. S. Administration has decided to provide $975 million to increase the use of health technology by helping states, doctors and hospitals to switch to computerized record-keeping.

The amount will be invested in the healthcare information technology making it available to over 100,000 hospitals and primary care physicians, by 2014 and training thousands of people for careers in healthcare and information technology.

The White House proclaimed that the grant recipients have identified around 10,000 openings for skilled workers.

The Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, has announced that around $225 million will be spent to support 55 job-training programs in 30 states.

The Administration said that around 15,000 people should get training in the health records technology field. Solis also shared that the training will provide jobs to the unemployed people, offering career-track employment, good pay and benefits.

Experts claim that electronic medical records help reduce medical errors and improve the quality of patient care.

This move for wider use of technology in healthcare may affect a range of companies, including Microsoft Corp, Google Inc, McKesson Corp and Allscripts Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc.