Healthcare Innovation June 6, 2019
Jeff Gartland, Ciox

In 2008, former President Barack Obama signed laws to accelerate the adoption and meaningful use of digital medical records, a plan that was envisioned by the George W. Bush administration during his 2004 State of the Union address. Then and now, electronic health records (EHRs) offer tremendous promise. In addition to saving time and money, EHRs offer the promise of better data, which improves quality of healthcare and greater insights to the life sciences field, where data drives development of novel therapies. However, more than ten years and $36 billion later, the electronic medical records industry remains fragmented with a disconnected patchwork of vendors and systems.

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, CMS, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HITECH, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Technology
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