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iHealth 2017 Clinical Informatics Conference
2017-05-02 - 2017-05-04    
All Day
iHealth 2017 Clinical Informatics Conference May 02 - 04, 2017 Philadelphia, PA Loews Philadelphia Hotel Register Now About the ConferenceiHealth is where clinicians, informatics professionals [...]
Chicago Health IT Summit
2017-05-11 - 2017-05-12    
All Day
About the Health IT Summits Renowned leaders in U.S. and North American healthcare gather throughout the year to present important information and share insights at [...]
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Chicago Health IT Summit
11 May 17
Chicago
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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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