Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages A24-A27 , May 2009

Obama's $19 Billion Boon to Health Care IT: Mammoth Investment Fasttracks Electronic Health Records

  • Jan Greene (Special Contributor to Annals News & Perspective)

References 

  1. Hersh W, Wright A. What workforce is ceeded to implement the health information technology agenda? (analysis from the HIMSS Analytics Database). AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008;6:303–307
  2. In:  Stead WW,  Lin HS editor. Computational technology for effective health care: immediate steps and strategic directions. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2009;
  3. Pallin D, et al. Adoption of information technology in Massachusetts emergency departments. J Emer Med. 2009;in press

 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. The author has stated no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00244-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.004

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages A24-A27 , May 2009

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