CIO of Harvard Medical School to President: We need greater health IT incentives
Technology Review, October 28, 2008
John Halamka, MD, chief information officer at Harvard Medical School, says the country needs new incentives for electronic record keeping. In his "Dear President" letter, Halamka offers Harvard's next administration a three-point plan to encourage adoption of health IT.
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