“Health information technology (HIT)—or technology that supports storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information for communication and decision-making within and across health care organizations—is being pursued by public agencies and private health care entities across the U.S. State governments support HIT adoption in many ways, motivated by the potential of HIT to improve health care quality and patient safety, and to promote greater value in public health care programs as well as in the broader health care system. States are also motivated by major federal funding opportunities.”
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The Commonwealth Fund, October/November 2009
