Panel says incentives would spur adoption of health IT.(Practice Trends)(Panel Discussion)
Publication: Skin & Allergy News
Publication Date: 01-JUL-05
Author: Schneider, Mary Ellen
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The federal government should use incentives--not unfunded mandates--to accelerate the adoption of health information technology, according to a panel of corporate executives.
And the government should coordinate the use of interoperable health information technology (IT) systems among its own agencies, the panel said.
The Health Information Technology Leadership Panel is made up of executives from companies that purchase a substantial amount of healthcare for their employees but have little direct involvement in the health care or IT sectors.
The panel was convened by the Department of Health and Human Services late last year to gather ideas about how IT has been successfully adopted in other sectors and how that could be applied to the health care...
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