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Getting better data on EHR Adoption
- Define EHR:
- Institute of Medicine definition laying out 8 key functionalities
- HIT Adoption Initiative modification
- Define Adoption
- Acquisition
- Installation
- Use
- Design data collection methods
- Development of new survey tools (PM, physician, hospital, consumer)
- Identify goals and objectives of policy
- Build upon existing federal and private surveys
- Develop survey questions that add to and fill in the gaps of other existing programs of data collection
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