Implementation of the Federal Health Information Technology Initiative - NEJM - 0 views
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The law provided the ONC with $2 billion to support development of a nationwide electronic health information system. Th
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On the positive side, providers are clearly aware of and responding to the availability of incentives. Internal CMS surveys show that as of April 2011, 78% of physicians and 96% of hospital executives were aware of the meaningful-use program (Trudel K: personal communication). As Figure 1Figure 1Provider Registrations for Meaningful-Use Payments. shows, more than 114,000 eligible providers, or 21%, had registered for meaningful-use payments by the end of September 2011.11
