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    http://www.iom.edu (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://www.healthit.gov/newsroom/about-onc (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/ (Accessed 12/9/2012).

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    http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Information_Technology_for_Economic_and_Clinical_Health_Act (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/health-it-policy-committee (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/health-it-standards-committee (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://directproject.org/content.php?key=overview (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://www.healthbanking.org/ (Accessed 12/12/2012)

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    http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/workforce-development-program (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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    http://www.fda.gov/ (Accessed 12/10/12)

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    http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html (Accessed 12/9/2012)

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  1. Health Unit, Rand Corporation, 20 Park Plaza Suite 920, Boston, 02116, MA, USA

    Robert S. Rudin BS, SM, PhD

  2. David Druker Center for Health Systems Innovation, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 2350 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View, 94040, CA, USA

    Paul C. Tang MD, MS

  3. Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1620 Tremont St., Boston, 02120, MA, USA

    David W. Bates MD, MSc

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Rudin, R.S., Tang, P.C., Bates, D.W. (2014). Health Information Technology Policy. In: Shortliffe, E., Cimino, J. (eds) Biomedical Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8_27

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