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Meaningful Use and Certification of Health Information Technology: What about Safety?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Sharona Hoffman  and
Andy Podgurski
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Health information technology (HIT) is becoming increasingly prevalent in medical offices and facilities. Like President George W. Bush before him, President Obama announced a plan to computerize all Americans’ medical records by 2014. Computerization is certain to transform American health care, but to ensure that its benefits outweigh its risks, the federal government must provide appropriate oversight.

President Obama’s stimulus legislation, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), dedicated $27 billion to the promotion of health information technology. It provides payments of up to $44,000 per clinician under the Medicare incentive program and $63,750 per clinician under the Medicaid program.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 39 , Issue S1 , Spring 2011 , pp. 77 - 80
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2011

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