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SPOTLIGHT: The privacy question and EMRs
June 12, 2006 — 7:01pm ET
The recent progress made in Washington on the eHealth front is encouraging, Judy Foreman argues in The Boston Globe. But unless steps are taken to address growing privacy concerns among the general public, the drive for electronic medical records is unlikely to go anywhere. The reality is that incidents like the recent scandal at the VA have made patient medical records privacy a hot issue that isn't likely to go away. Article
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