A look back at some of the best news stories (and some entertaining diversions) from the week in health care.
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New York Times editorial weighs in on the "miles to go on e-health records".
Time Magazine contributor Dr. Scott Haig challenges Electronic Medical Records, calling them the "wrong prescription" to reduce health-care costs.
"Two-thirds of U.S. hospitals have made significant progress toward implementing comprehensive electronic health records, HIMSS Analytics contends. The assertion comes in reaction to a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine that claimed only 1.5% of hospitals have a comprehensive EHR in place."
Why don't the HIPAA rules apply to Google and Microsoft?
Open-source gateway software for the nationwide health information network released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
PHR's and portals are up and comers - - but just not quite yet.
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