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Wed, Oct 21, 2009 -- 10:00 AM
Health Care IT
Clinical technology -- like the MRI or CT scan
-- has been adopted much more quickly in the U.S. than
information technology like electronic health records.
Last year's federal stimulus package included over $19
billion to speed up the transition to electronic
records. As part of our series on the health care
debate, we discuss changes in store for patients and providers.
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Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, health economist and management consultant for THINK-Health, a health consultancy
- Joseph DeLuca, managing practice director for IT Optimizers, a health care informatics consultancy
- Robert Pearl, M.D., executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group
