Health IT Not “Low-Hanging Fruit” In Health Reform, Some Experts Say
Executive Summary
Despite President Barack Obama and others calling health information technology "low-hanging fruit" in the context of comprehensive health care reform, some IT experts and even some in government see it as a more complex problem to solve
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