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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) **Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals & healthcare professionals for adopting & using interoperable Health Information Technology and EHR's. The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To preserve/create jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted by the recession. (3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health. (4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. (5) To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases. AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality, accessibility and affordability Asynchoronous Applications No contact with patient for data collection. EX: Remote pt monitoring, Using health technologies to share health metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD APPS (ex: photos)