As reported by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, small practices provide about 75% of U.S. ambulatory care, but many lack the resources to implement EHRs, improve care quality, or serve diverse populations. Legislative awareness of this barrier to adoption helped introduce a bill that will encourage small practices to implement health IT technologies. The bill, the Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act, was introduced by subcommittee Chairwoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.) to help providers overcome the financial barriers for HIT adoption. The bill would establish a loan program specifically for small practices who want financing to invest in health IT.

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