Blumenthal, ONC: IT will be as fundamental as stethoscope
Chip Means, Web Editor for Healthcare IT News reported June 30, 2009,  ”Electronic technology will soon be considered as fundamental to medicine as the stethoscope, according to National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal, MD.” Blumenthal said he expects to deal with “needs of small providers, privacy and security concerns and the lack of attention the current legislation pays to providers of long-term care, home care and hospices” later. He was speaking at HIT Symposium at MIT.