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Update on Meaningful Use

  |  Issue: March 2010  |  

Once the rules are finalized, the ACR will offer detailed educational materials and host webinar sessions on how the rules will affect rheumatology.

For more information about this and other health information technology topics, contact Itara Barnes at [email protected].

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