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Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

HIT Background

Great potential for transforming clinical care, especially for patients with chronic diseases
Adoption of HIT across the U.S. is limited but growing
Actual benefits of HIT unclear:
- Initial benefits of HIT depend on how routinely and systematically clinicians use the HIT tools and resulting information
- Little information on HIT effects in the ambulatory setting with commercially-available systems
Actual benefits and costs of HIT are difficult to quantify
- Comprehensive identification
- Methodological challenges