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28th World Congress on  Cardiology and Heart Diseases
2018-11-05 - 2018-11-06    
All Day
November 05-06, 2018 Hyatt Place Airport Hotel - Amsterdam, Netherlands Theme: Cardiology Congress: A Vivid Innovations In The Field Of Cardiology About Cardiology Conferences Cardiology [...]
World Innovation Summit for Health
2018-11-13 - 2018-11-14    
All Day
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 2018 will take place at Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha, on 13 and 14 November 2018. WISH is a global [...]
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October 21, 2014: NBER report says that EMR incentive payments ineffective

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  • A new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has concluded that subsidies provided under the HITECH Act haven’t been effective at increasing adoption of EMRs by hospitals. After evaluating EMR data from 2008 as a baseline, and calculating the amount of federal subsidies for new EMR adoption, researchers found that the 2011 U.S. hospital EMR adoption rate would’ve been achieved just two years later, in 2013, even without the help of federal incentives.

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