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Pursuing Health IT: The Delicate Dance Of Government And The Market

Without committing government to paying for it, President George W. Bush has pledged that his administration would work toward the goal of equipping most Americans with electronic medical records (EMRs) within ten years. In so doing, Bush reached beyond his predecessors in embracing information technology as a necessity to bring health care into the twenty-first century. Speaking at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on 27 May 2004, Bush said: "Within ten years, we want most Americans to have electronic health care records—that means your records," referring to a largely supportive audience of physicians, nurses, and others. "We’re at Vanderbilt for a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John K. Iglehart, Founding Editor

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