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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

In the wake of President Obama’s 2009 Hitch Act, White House technocrats actively encouraged hospitals to absorb their physicians’ practices as a vehicle for facilitating the adoption of electronic health records. Let’s discuss each of these and consider the ramifications for social benefit. HITech and the ACA.