“As described in a report from the Robert Wood Johnson’s Commission to Build a Healthier America, “For the first time in our history, the United States is raising a generation of children who may live sicker, shorter lives than their parents. We must act now to reverse this trend.”
The good news is that the Congress and the Obama administration have taken significant actions that could help. In February 2009, Congress included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act $36 billion in funding that will provide incentive payments to healthcare providers and organizations to encourage them to adopt health information technology. This technology aims to transform healthcare by improving quality and reducing costs, most significantly through the adoption of electronic health records.”
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Peter Neupert and Alfred Spector, The Hill, 23 February 2010
