HIT or Miss – studying failures to enable success

Keywords

Health IT implementation - success - failure - lessons learned - transparency - American Reinvestment and Recovery Act - adverse event - patient safety - gag clause - meaningful use

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

The author has no financial conflict of interest to disclose regarding this article.

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