As Director of a Regional Extension Center (REC), I’m often asked by those in the industry “What’s next for the RECs?” This is a nice way of asking “So how can you survive once the federal grant monies dry up?” It’s a perfectly appropriate question, not least because to date (November 2011) the REC program has enrolled over 100,000 Priority Primary Care Providers across the US. What will happen to them when Stage 2 and stage 3 Meaningful Use (MU) roll out if the RECs aren’t around to assist them?