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Background
- U.S. Healthcare System:
- High Costs, Variable Quality
- Greater use of HIT may improve care
- Potential annual savings of billions by reducing:
- Duplicate services
- Administrative costs
- Medical errors and adverse events
- Improve quality
- Adoption rates low
- Estimates inconsistent (5% to 65%) and unhelpful
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