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The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided important incentives to doctors to give up their paper records and transition to electronic health records (EHR).  According to a 2009 CompTIA study, 59 percent of healthcare providers indicated they definitely or probably will take advantage of stimulus dollars for healthcare IT projects.  Under the HiTech Act (which was signed into law as a part of the Recovery Act), most doctors can receive up to $44,000 in Medicar ...