The Role of Information Technology in Improving Health Care

The Role of Information Technology in Improving Health Care
That redundancy adds to the already high costs of obtaining health care. Information technology has the potential to give doctors and providers of medical care a much more complete picture of the patient in front of them, and patients a much easier way to …
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Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
Congress on Wednesday will consider legislation to allow physicians working in ambulatory surgical centers to receive the same payment incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records as doctors in other settings. Health IT is moving toward a …
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Health Information Technology: An Updated Systematic Review With a Focus on Meaningful Use
From RAND Corporation and Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center, Santa Monica, California; Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles …
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