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SUBMITTER: Patel V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4604525 | biostudies-other | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Patel Vishal V Reed Mary E ME Grant Richard W RW
Journal of diabetes science and technology 20150223 3
Adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has increased dramatically since the 2009 implementation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the majority of U.S. hospitals and nearly half of U.S. health care professionals have implemented an EHR with advanced functionality.(1) The goals of the HITECH act were not only to incentivize the adoption of EHRs, but also t ...[more]