TY  - JOUR
T1  - Health information technology as a tool, not an end: Comment on "an empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care"
AU  - Chang SW
Y1  - 2009/09/12
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.264
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1474
EP  - 1475
VL  - 169
IS  - 16
N2  - 
The article by Weingart et al supports this premise. The federal stimulus package (HR 1-353, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 20091) includes funding to promote the “meaningful use” of electronic health record systems, a term which, at the time of this writing, is still being defined. However, it will likely include several components beyond paperless medical records, namely, e-prescribing, quality reporting, and health information exchange. The intended goals are to simultaneously achieve more effective care and slow the growth in health care spending.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.264
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.264
ER  -