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Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 5/2012

01-10-2012 | Editorial

The Progress of an American EHR–Part 1

Author: Ralph Grams

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 5/2012

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Billions of dollars are now beginning to flow into the medical informatics market in hopes of achieving a breakthrough in healthcare delivery. The goals are noble and altruistic, but only the details will show the potential advantages as well as the limitations. Should we really spend huge sums of money to automate a system that has never functioned well on a national basis? Should we attempt a huge integrated system when we have no useful prototype to follow as a model? Can the government be trusted to be a benign dictator? …
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Metadata
Title
The Progress of an American EHR–Part 1
Author
Ralph Grams
Publication date
01-10-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-011-9784-0

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