“It’s clear that in Health IT, the “3 strikes and you’re out” principle just doesn’t apply. Nonetheless these 3 examples show why, to be successful, Dr David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology, must absolutely include patients or patient representatives in addition to the many policy wonks that have been testifying for the last few months. Patient representation is critical for the acceptance & trust of the public in these very intimidating systems.”
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Gilles Frydman, e-patients.net, 12 May 2009

