Obama: we need EMRs; NAS report: be careful what you ask for
On the same day that we reported that an IT industry group was calling for stimulus money to go toward modernizing the electronic healthcare infrastructure, President-elect Obama delivered. In a speech in Washington, he called for providing electronic patient records throughout the country within the next five years. It’s a lofty goal, and one with the potential to have significant real-world benefits; unfortunately, the following day, a report from the National Academies of Science suggested it’s one we may not be ready to pursue, as a continuation of current practices runs the risk of harming our progress toward a modernized health care system.
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