The feds and your medical data
by Amanda Rohn
America's Future Foundation
02/28/05
President Bush has called for most Americans to have electronic health records within the next 10 years. He would mandate standards designed to secure electronic health information, provide $100 million to fund 'demonstration projects' on health information technology, and use the Medicare and the VA health systems to pressure private health care providers to use electronic records. The president makes grand promises for electronic medical records (EMRs). But while such technologies do show promise, government mandates are unlikely to lead to a happy ending...
http://www.affbrainwash.com/archives/019229.php
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
America's Future Foundation
02/28/05
President Bush has called for most Americans to have electronic health records within the next 10 years. He would mandate standards designed to secure electronic health information, provide $100 million to fund 'demonstration projects' on health information technology, and use the Medicare and the VA health systems to pressure private health care providers to use electronic records. The president makes grand promises for electronic medical records (EMRs). But while such technologies do show promise, government mandates are unlikely to lead to a happy ending...
http://www.affbrainwash.com/archives/019229.php
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 7. Mrz, 16:37
