A medical version of the Patriot Act?
Campaign For Liberty
by James Bovard
04/08/09
The computerization of personal health care records is one of the showcases of the stimulus. President Obama promised: ‘We will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years all of America’s medical records are computerized.’ Congress ponied up $19 billion to subsidize doctors and hospitals computerizing patient record and creating electronic health care tracking systems...
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=36
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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New Military Electronic Records to Be Model for US
Jeff Mason, Reuters: "President Barack Obama on Thursday said the government would create a national electronic medical records system for the military that will serve as a model for broad reform of US healthcare administration. The system, organized by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, would follow military personnel from active duty through retirement, keeping records organized and complete."
http://www.truthout.org/040909S
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=stimulus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Bovard
by James Bovard
04/08/09
The computerization of personal health care records is one of the showcases of the stimulus. President Obama promised: ‘We will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years all of America’s medical records are computerized.’ Congress ponied up $19 billion to subsidize doctors and hospitals computerizing patient record and creating electronic health care tracking systems...
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=36
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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New Military Electronic Records to Be Model for US
Jeff Mason, Reuters: "President Barack Obama on Thursday said the government would create a national electronic medical records system for the military that will serve as a model for broad reform of US healthcare administration. The system, organized by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, would follow military personnel from active duty through retirement, keeping records organized and complete."
http://www.truthout.org/040909S
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=stimulus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Bovard
rudkla - 9. Apr, 08:34