Government agencies to spend $15 billion on health IT by 2014

Federal, state and local governments will spend $15 billion on information technology systems to support their public health and health insurance programs in 2014, a $3 billion increase from 2009 levels, according to a new report from the Input research firm of Reston, Va. Public agencies spend money to promote public health, provide care, buy health care supplies and pay insurance premiums and the government health IT systems support those activities.

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