The federal role in promoting health information technology
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Perspectives on health reform (Commonwealth Fund)
- Contributor(s):
- Blumental, David. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Diffusion of Innovation Electronic Health Records Federal Government Medical Informatics Role Efficiency Electronic Health Records -- economics Electronic Health Records -- utilization Financing, Government Medical Informatics -- economics Quality of Health Care -- economics Reimbursement, Incentive Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Modern health care systems need health information technology (HIT), including electronic health record systems, to perform to their full potential. Getting doctors and hospitals to adopt HIT, however, will require overcoming a host of financial, technical, and logistical obstacles. Through the power of policymaking, there are a number of actions the federal government can take to ease providers' fears and help pave the way.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101548707 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101548707