Major Health Information Technology Deadlines
-Qualify for the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) incentive program, which begins January 1, 2011
-Become part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) scheduled for launch in 2014, and
-Avoid Medicare payment penalties for practitioners who do not use EHRs, beginning in 2015.