Federal Report Finds Electronic Health Records Push Lacks Key Safeguards
The New York Times: Report Finds More Flaws In Digitizing Patient FilesAlthough the federal government is spending more than $22 billion to encourage hospitals and doctors to adopt electronic health records, it has failed to put safeguards in place to prevent the technology from being used for inflating costs and overbilling, according to a new report by a federal oversight agency (Abelson and Creswell, 1/8). This is part of the Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.