Stimulus Pushed For Standardized Electronic Records | Markle | Advancing America's Future
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Stimulus Pushed For Standardized Electronic Records

Publication Date: May 1, 2009 | Back to Latest News

The United States’ health czar has plans to revamp the nation’s health system and make the transition from paper to electronic health documents.

“It is clear that this field has not advanced (enough) … when left exclusively to the private sector so there is a public role,” said Dr. David Blumenthal, head of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

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