Supported by grants from the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health
and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Jha reports receiving consulting fees from UpToDate; Drs.
Donelan and Rao, receiving grant support from GE Corporate
Healthcare; and Dr. Blumenthal, receiving grant support from
GE Corporate Healthcare, the Macy Foundation, and the Office of
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in
the Department of Health and Human Services and speaking fees
from the FOJP Service Corporation and serving as an adviser to the
presidential campaign of Barack Obama. He has been named National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology. No other
potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
We thank our expert consensus panel for their assistance in
conducting this research and Paola Miralles of the Institute for
Health Policy for assistance in the preparation of an earlier version
of the manuscript.