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Small practices are the least likely to adopt electronic health records.1–4 Practical business decisions determine the choices that office-based physicians make in prioritizing information technologies purchases. Beyond basic clinical and clerical tools (stethoscope, typewriter, telephone, or fax), practices need to consider customer and market expectations, business efficiency, and regulatory issues to choose IT applications that impact on the quality of practice services and the bottom line.
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Simonian, M.M. (2009). Prioritizing Pediatric Investment for IT in Smaller Practices. In: Lehmann, C.U., Kim, G.R., Johnson, K.B. (eds) Pediatric Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76446-7_16
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