“We can hear the champagne bottles popping in legacy healthcare information technology (HIT) vendors offices across the country as they celebrate what is arguably the biggest windfall in their history, the HITECH Act and its $19.2B, that is tucked into the Stimulus Bill which President Obama will likely sign on Monday.
Unlike other aspects of the Stimulus package that were whittled down to get the required votes for passage, all things HIT came through relatively unscathed.”
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John Moore, Chilmark Research, 13 February 2009
