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Electronic Medical Records, the Story So Far

Posted by kdawson on from the work-in-progress dept.

StupidPeopleTrick writes "After the executive order signed in 2006, states are making strides with privacy breach notification but are struggling with enacting privacy laws and finding funding.
With looming deadlines to move to e-records and e-prescribing, where will the money and the privacy standards come from?"

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  1. VistA - VA Open Source by mrmtampa · · Score: 5, Informative

    The VA hospitals and clinics have an open source package called VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture). Veterans can walk into any facility and have their medical records available.

    And we already paid for it!

    http://www.va.gov/VISTA_MONOGRAPH/

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