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PAGE Section 1.2 Adopt – Plan – HIT Goal Setting - PAGE 1 Section 1.2 Adopt – Plan Section 1.2 Adopt – Plan– HIT Goal Setting - PAGE 2 Goal Setting An important step in health information technology (HIT) strategic planning is to establish specific, measurable goals that are communicated to all. Specific goals play an important part of many of the aspects of planning, selecting, implementing, and realizing benefits of HIT. Momentum is building for acquiring HIT—especially electronic health record (EHR) systems—under the federal stimulus legislation (American Recovery and Reinvestment Ac