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Health Care and Information Technology: Growing Up Together

2001; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-0-387-21721-5_19

1431-1917

Sara J. Singer, Alain C. Enthoven, Alan M. Garber,

Electronic Health Records Systems

Why is a chapter on healthcare financing and delivery included in a book about computer applications in medicine? In much the same way that financing is an important factor in determining the organization of healthcare delivery in general, financing may be the single most important driver of developments in the field of healthcare information.