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State Offers Incentives to Get Docs Online

Pennsylvania is hoping an offer of free software and a new customer reward will get smaller healthcare providers to turn off their fax machines and to switch to secure, encrypted email to share patient information.

It's part of a national program designed to provide a halfway point for providers that can't afford the infrastructure to connect with a healthcare information exchange.

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Source: MedPage Today

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