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Clinical Care and Practice Advancement
Electronic Health Records (EHR)

EHR Deadlines



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.