“There’s no doubt that the use of registries could help doctors deliver better care, with or without EHRs. If the new HHS Secretary includes them as one way to meet the definition of meaningful EHR use, more physicians would use registries, and patients would benefit. But to get the full benefit of registries, they should be combined in communitywide databases that show everything that has been done for patients with particular chronic diseases and which services they need.”
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Ken Terry, BNET Healthcare, 6 May 2009
