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Methodist Acquires Wolf River Medical Office

Methodist Acquires Wolf River Medical Office
Methodist Healthcare has paid $1.9 million for the 10,118-square-foot medical office building at 7690 Wolf River Circle in Germantown. The company, li…

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Medical Errors More Common and More Deadly Than Previously Estimated

Medical Errors More Common and More Deadly Than Previously Estimated
Consumers Union Calls For Public Reporting of Medical Errors To Hold Hospitals Accountable For Improving Patient Safety

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What are the advantages of EMR?
Are there any disadvantages? Give an example of at least two challenges faced when
implementing a universal EMR system.

What do you think about “trusting” the government with our Medical Records?

Pres Hussein and his Democrats put a little “Universal Health Care Plan” to ride “piggy-back” on their current “Bailout #2″ bill. The bill calls for encrypting a persons medical records and for these records to be accessible to some type of “Health Czar” who will be working for the Health and Human Services department.

So would you trust our government with your health records or do you consider the measure an over-reaching invasion of your privacy?