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February, 2012
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Patients’ wariness slows digital health

“There’s an easily identifiable culprit to blame for Americans’ not having fully digitized health care service and medical records:
You.
Doctors and medical technology executives said Saturday that the biggest hurdle to computerizing health care isn’t tradition or Luddism or bureaucracy — it’s the reluctance of consumers to sign on. Without consumer demand, manufacturers and administrators can’t justify the upfront cost of digitizing patients’ cases and securing their records because they can’t be reasonably sure they’ll recover their investment.”

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Alex Johnson, MSNBC, 10 January 2010

11 January 2010 | Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): Adoption, Consumer, Costs, Industry, Patient, Privacy, Security, Transparency
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