“There are all sorts of obstacles to moving the nation’s health care system, choking on paper records, into the computer age. The cost and complexity of making the transition are daunting, though the government’s $19 billion in incentives for doctors and hospitals to adopt electronic health records should help.
But the hoped-for benefits of digital health records — better care and curbed spending — will not really materialize unless information flows seamlessly and securely among labs, clinics, hospitals, doctors’ offices and patients. General Electric’s big health care division is introducing on Thursday a new unit, eHealth, to pursue the business opportunity presented by this challenge.”
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Steve Lohr, The New York Times, 29 October 2009
