To the Editor: Coiera accurately described some lessons from the United Kingdom’s experience with health information technology1 that should be noted by potential “fast followers”, such as Australia’s National E-Health Transition Authority (http://www.nehta.gov.au).
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- School of Rural Health, University of Melbourne, Shepparton, VIC.
Correspondence: t.liaw@unimelb.edu.au
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