SPOTLIGHT: IBD examines electronic health records

Investor's Business Daily takes a look at the economics of building the nation's health IT network and thinks about what the transition to a paperless system may mean in the future. Forrester analyst Eric Brown says the benefits may transcend the numbers game most people focus on. "Imagine if Americans have a 10-year medical history in electronic form, not just free text, but coded and usable. We don't know what we will find." Story

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