Florida EMR to track uninsured

Palm Beach County plans an electronic medical record network that will track the area's uninsured. Supporters say the system will save healthcare providers and the local government millions of dollars by improving the efficiency of care for patients who often move from provider to provider. No word on any reaction from privacy groups who may not be happy about a system designed to monitor the poor and the unemployed.

- see this article from the Palm Beach Post

PLUS: Next door in Louisiana, officials say they will use a $3 million grant from the HHS to build a new regional health information organization (RHIO) based on the model of Katrinahealth.org, a web site set up in the aftermath of the September storms. Article