“The federal government must facilitate the widespread adoption of universal standards that will allow healthcare stakeholders to better share electronic health information and maintain patient privacy, according to a presidential advisory council report released Wednesday morning.
The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should develop guidelines to facilitate the adoption of a universal language for assisting the exchange of electronic health information and the transition from paper to electronic health records (EHRs), the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report said.”
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Jason Millman, The Hill, 8 December 2010
It keeps amazing me. The USA is the only country where nationwide = universal.