What is the HITECH Act?

A lot of people are already what the HITECH Act is all about these days. For those who are not familiar with the term, HITECH stands for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health which is part of the American Recovery and Investment Act as stated by the U.S Congress in 2009. This act requires medical establishments to adopt make use of the Electronic Health Records where their deadline falls in the year 2019.

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