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Sixty-nine percent of physicians had applied or planned to apply for the federal electronic-health-record incentive program in 2013, according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (P.L. 111-5), physicians can receive federal subsidies if they adopt EHRs and demonstrate meaningful use of the technology.
While intent to participate in the incentive program was widespread, only 13 percent of physicians said they intended...