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Volume 360:1278-1281 March 26, 2009 Number 13
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No Small Change for the Health Information Economy
Kenneth D. Mandl, M.D., M.P.H., and Isaac S. Kohane, M.D., Ph.D.

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The economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on February 17 included a $19 billion investment in health information technology. How can we best take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to computerize health care and stimulate the health information economy while also stimulating the U.S. economy? A health care system adapting to the effects of an aging population, growing expenditures, and a diminishing primary care workforce needs the support of a flexible information infrastructure that facilitates innovation in wellness, health care, and public health.

Flexibility is critical, since the system will have to function under new policies and in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Dr. Mandl is an associate professor of pediatrics, and Dr. Kohane a professor of pediatrics, at Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.



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