The Stimulus packages (HITECH Act) that are winding their way through the Senate and House call for spending some $20B on healthcare IT initiatives, the lion’s share to provide incentives to physicians to adopt “certified EHRs”. In addition to the very real potential that this legislation will completely shut-down HIT innovation, another issue was brought [...]
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HIE, SaaS and Low-Cost, Nationwide Adoption of EHRs
Posted in EHR, EMR, HIE, RHIO, SaaS, tagged HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on February 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »