Cover -- Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Chapter One - Introduction -- Chapter Two - Scaling Up and Projecting Savings into the Future -- Typical Scenario for National-Level Savings -- Duration of Implementation and Delayed Savings -- Literature Search and Empirical Findings on Savings -- Chapter Three - Estimating the Benefits of HIT -- Outpatient -- Transcription -- Chart Pulls -- Laboratory Tests -- Drug Utilization -- Radiology/Imaging -- Inpatient -- Reduction of Nurses' Unproductive Time -- Laboratory Tests -- Drug Utilization -- Reduction in Length of Stay -- Medical Records -- Summary of Savings at the National Level -- Quantifying Uncertainty in Savings Estimates -- Chapter Four - Estimating the cost of HIT -- Inpatient -- One-Time Cost -- Validation of the Regression Specifications -- Outpatient -- Chapter Five - Simulation of Financial Incentives -- Modeling Subsidies to Hospitals -- Modeling Per-Encounter Incentives for the Outpatient Setting -- Modeling a Price Change -- Chapter Six - Conclusion and Summary -- Appendix A - Taxonomies -- Appendix B - A Note on Transaction and Administrative Costs -- Appendix C - Cost of Connectivity -- Bibliography.