$1.2B first wave of funding for health IT
The Washington Post
The Obama administration has described such computer systems as a crucial step in overhauling the nation's increasingly expensive health-care system. It allocated more than $36 billion in the landmark stimulus legislation -- including the funding announced Thursday -- to spur adoption of the equipment by doctors and hospitals along with the development of the networks that will link them all together.
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