Mr. Weller: I think that's accurate. I can tell you that my telephone's incoming call volumes on health IT from December through the stimulus signing increased significantly. Interest is not at the same levels as then but remains high and higher than pre-stimulus levels.
TWST: Is the stimulus package enough to justify this pickup in interest?
Mr. Weller: I think that remains to be seen. I think there are a lot of
industries that can benefit from the broader economic stimulus, and there are a
lot of general things that occur there, but I think what's interesting with
respect to health IT are the specific monetary incentives for hospitals and
doctors to adopt and show that they are using electronic health records. The
open questions are the timing and the magnitude of increased adoption and
whether this will live up to the expectations embedded in the stocks.
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