Tech Companies Push to Digitize Patients’ Records
In a major story fronting New York Times business section (Sept 10, 2009), Steve Lohr reports “On one proposal for health care reform at least, there is a rare bipartisan consensus: the push to computerize patient records.” Article starts with Dell’s new partnerships with hospital groups, gives a sampling of seven companies involved with EHR implementation in a sidebar,  looks at Verizon’s initiative to build supporting data centers, and captures the EHR experience of Dr. Allen Gee, a sole practioner in Cody, Wyoming.