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Released: July 14, 2010
Standards issued for electronic health records
Source: Robert Pear, NY Times (Free Registration)
The federal government issued new rules Tuesday that will reward doctors and hospitals for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records, a top goal of President Obama.
The rules significantly scale back proposed requirements that the health care industry had denounced as unrealistic.
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privacy, privacy rights, health care, headlines, health, medical privacy, medical records, personal health records, electronic health records, ehrs
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