Carrots and Sticks: The Stimulus Package Promotes Health Information Technology
By Rachel E. Dobrow Stone, Allen E. Briskin, Gerry Hinkley, Rebecca L. Williams, Paul T. Smith,
Jill H. Gordon and Megan Vogel
Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act), signed into law by President Obama on Feb. 17, 2009, among many other things, provides funding and incentives for the development, adoption and upgrade of health information technology (HIT). Although there might be disagreement over whether these measures will provide the type of economic stimulus that the Act generally is intended to create, many commentators have concluded, given the current state of the economy, that their inclusion in the Act was the only means to achieve meaningful health care technology policy reform in this session of Congress. Continue reading...
