“Speculation throughout 2011 that federal policymakers would delay stage 2 of the Electronic Health Records Incentive Program ended in a pair of formal announcements by officials, who said providers would have an extra year to prepare for the next onslaught of meaningful use criteria. Providers and software developers welcomed the respite, but some wonder whether a delay would make the industry lose the IT momentum it’s built up in the last two years.”
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Don Fluckinger, SearchHealthIT, 12 December 2011

