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Health Information Technology 
Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals(0)
Ashish K. Jha, M.D., M.P.H., Catherine M. DesRoches, Dr.Ph., Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D., Karen Donelan, Sc.D., Sowmya R. Rao, Ph.D., Timothy G. Ferris, M.D., M.P.H., Alexandra Shields, Ph.D., Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., and David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P.
This national survey showed that less than 2% of U.S. hospitals have a comprehensive system of electronic health records across [...]
No Small Change for the Health Information Economy
Kenneth D. Mandl, M.D., M.P.H., and Isaac S. Kohane, M.D., Ph.D.
The economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on February 17 included a $19 billion investment in health information technology. How can we best take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to computerize health care and stimulate the health information economy while also stimulating the [...]
Your Doctor’s Office or the Internet? Two Paths to Personal Health Records
Paul C. Tang, M.D., and Thomas H. Lee, M.D.
Mary is 68 years old, has four chronic conditions, takes seven medications, and averages 12 visits per year to her six physicians. In between visits, she spends a lot of time on the telephone with them or their staff — making appointments, requesting prescription renewals and referrals, [...]
Stimulating the Adoption of Health Information Technology
David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P.
The recently enacted stimulus bill — the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) — touches almost every aspect of the U.S. economy. Health care is no exception. In fact, the ARRA is historic health care legislation of the type rarely produced by our famously incremental federal government.