Is your health IT working against you?
Patient Safety Monitor, June 1, 2012
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Many hospitals across the nation are already working with health IT, including electronic health records (EHR) and bar code scanning-especially as CMS' Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs (commonly referred to as "meaningful use") promise to provide incentive payments to eligible hospitals as they adopt, implement, upgrade, or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
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