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Is There a Will to Change?

…affiliation or ideology. The work of living—raising families, solving problems, getting through difficult times—requires a level of practical cooperation that most Americans accept without much thought. And yet, in Washington,…

Health Care Thoughts: EMR Cluster Mess

…This was a problem baked into the cake. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/business/medicare-is-faulted-in-electronic-medical-records-conversion.html?hp&pagewanted=print Second problem , the physician office systems tend to direct docs through a check-a-box, drop-down-box, and standard language environment. The entered…