According to Modern Healthcare, more than 2,100 hospitals across the U.S. don't have functional health IT systems in their operating rooms. However, this could change quickly as the federal government begins to dole out $19.2 billion in health IT stimulus funds. Hospitals can and probably will use some of these funds to update health IT infrastructure in their ORs, observers say. Article [1]
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[1] http://www.ihealthbeat.org/Articles/2009/3/9/Adoption-of-IT-Systems-in-Hospital-Operating-Rooms-Could-Jump.aspx