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The productivity paradox in health information technology

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New York State healthcare providers increased their use of the technology but delivered only mixed results for their patients.

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          Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 10
          October 2018
          107 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/3281635
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