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Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
The
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
, abbreviated
HITECH Act
, was enacted under Title XIII of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
. Under the HITECH Act, the
United States Department of Health and Human Services
is spending $25.9 billion to promote and expand the adoption of
health information technology
.
The Washington Post
reported the inclusion of "as much as $36.5 billion in spending to create a
nationwide network
of
electronic health records
." At the time it was enacted, it was considered "the most important piece of health care legislation to be passed in the last 20 to 30 years" and the "foundation for health care reform."
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