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Health Affairs, 24, no. 5 (2005): 1234-1245 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.5.1234 © 2005 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Health Information Technology Policy

Promoting Health Information Technology: Is There A Case For More-Aggressive Government Action?

Roger Taylor, Anthony Bower, Federico Girosi, James Bigelow, Kateryna Fonkych and Richard Hillestad

Health information technology (HIT) could save $81–$162 billion or more annually while greatly reducing morbidity and mortality. However, gaining these benefits requires broad adoption, effective implementation, and associated changes in health care processes and structures. The policy options that could speed the adoption of HIT and the realization of these benefits include incentives to promote standard-based electronic medical record (EMR) system adoption; subsidies to develop information-exchange networks; and programs to measure, report, and reward performance. Investments in these and other identified policy options should pay for themselves while also laying the foundation for needed transformation of the U.S. health care system.

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