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A Major Glitch for Digitized Healthcare Records

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In two years, hundreds of thousands of American physicians and thousands of hospitals that fail to buy and install costly health-care information technologies—such as digital records for prescriptions and patient histories—will face penalties through reduced Medicare and Medicaid payments. At the same time, the government expects to pay out tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and incentives to providers who install these technology programs.

Read the full story: http://on.wsj.com/POi5x6

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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