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To identify the top technology trends, Healthcare Technology Online asked each of its 200 survey respondents to rank a series of health IT initiatives in line with their implementation plans for 2012. For each technology initiative, respondents were asked to clarify whether the initiative was a ‘Top Priority,' a ‘Priority,' ‘Important,' ‘Somewhat Important,' or ‘Not Important At This Time.' Each response was then weighted. For example, all ‘Top Priority' responses were given a rating of one, while ‘Not Important At This Time' responses were given a rating of five. An average of the total ratings was then calculated for each health IT initiative. The lower the cumulative rating, the higher the priority the technology initiative was to our survey respondents. This rating system was used to determine the top 10 health IT trends for 2012.