Who really profits from digital medical records? “a giveaway to technology vendors whose sales will be subsidized by taxpayers”

Posted on Aug 12, 2009 in Records Management News

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Who really prof­its from dig­i­tal med­ical records?

12:00 AM CDT on Tues­day, July 14, 2009

By DAVE MICHAELS and JASON ROBERSON / The Dal­las Morn­ing News Dave Michaels reported from Wash­ing­ton, and Jason Rober­son from Dallas.

An unprece­dented effort to com­put­er­ize the nation’s hos­pi­tals and physi­cian offices could be the key to reduc­ing crip­pling health care costs – or a give­away to tech­nol­ogy ven­dors whose sales will be sub­si­dized by taxpayers.

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