Between 2007 and 2011, health IT job postings tripled to 434,000, many of which were created by the HITECH Act, according to the study. In addition, the HITECH Act was associated with an 86 percent spike in monthly job postings.
The study also found that 2.5 percent of all healthcare jobs are related to EHRs, informatics and other health IT areas, according to an EHR Intelligence report.
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