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SPOTLIGHT: Will national health database be secure?
Few FierceHealthIT readers would argue it will be challenging to secure a nationally-connected EMR network against intrusion by black-hat hackers and identity thieves. (Managing user authorization and adequately limiting access will be yet another headache, but that's a story for another day.) The thing is, while the technology and know-how may exist, federal regulators aren't taking these security threats seriously enough, some critics say. Article
The EMR recruiting crisis
I doubt anyone reading FierceHealthIT objects to the idea of federal subsidies for EMR adoption. After all, if legislators want to see broad EMR use, offering grants, loans or expanded tax advantages for EMR …
SPOTLIGHT: EMR progress proves shaky
As readers know, EMRs are a lot easier to discuss than implement. So it's little surprise that the reality of rolling out EMR systems is taking much longer than the government policy types and health plans would like. Still, even given these obstacles, the nation's progress toward an EMR network is something of a disappointment, according to one writer. Article
Consumer-driven healthcare shifts MD tech needs
Doctors will do better with consumer-driven healthcare if they boost health IT investment now, according to a new report from health and IT consulting firm First Consulting Group. Not surprisingly, the report concludes that EMR systems will be critical to meeting savvy consumers' information needs. But in the CDH world, a good internal EMR network isn't enough. Physicians will need to store and exchange …
