New York Times: "In Second Look, Few Savings From Digital Health Records", and AMA Med News on EHR Harms
This post should perhaps be entitled "I told you so."A letter I wrote in response to the Wall Street Journal's "A Health-Tech Monopoly", Feb. 11, 2009 was published Feb. 18, 2009 under the header Digitizing Medical Records May Help, but It's Complex.I wrote:Dear Wall Street Journal,You observe that the true political goal is socialized medicine facilitated by health care information technology. You note that the public is being deceived, as the rules behind this takeover were stealthily inserted in the stimulus bill.I have a different view on who is deceiving whom. In fact, it is the government that has been deceived by t...
Source: Health Care Renewal - January 15, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: New York Times Julie Creswell healthcare IT risk Reed Abelson American Medical News healthcare IT safety healthcare IT risks David Brailer Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Source Type: blogs

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Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - September 5, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON SOON AVAILABLE Source Type: blogs