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Poor economy curtails IT projects
American Hospital Association News, 07/09/09

The "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," P.L. 111-005, increases federal support for health information technology (IT) in the nation’s hospitals. More than $17 billion in incentive payments are intended to encourage hospitals and other providers to adopt IT. But the measure also carries penalties in the form of Medicare reimbursement reductions if hospitals fail to adopt electronic health records by target dates.

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