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Health Care IT Adoption Could Save USD162 Billion.

Hillestad R. World Hospitals and Health Services, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2006, pp. 38-40

This article looks at how health care information technology can save hospitals and health services valuable funding and how these savings compare to the costs involved. The chief barriers to success and possible solutions to these difficulties are outlined. The author also points to the need for government intervention in implementing health care information technology on a broad scale.


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