Blumenthal: EHRs will become 'an absolute requisite' for docs

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Blumenthal: EHRs will become 'an absolute requisite' for docs

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It may seem unlikely today, but within the next 10 years there will be widespread use of electronic health records across the country, the nation's health IT chief predicted Thursday.

David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology spoke at the 18th National HIPAA Summit in Washington DC, where other federal officials and stakeholders said the adoption of healthcare IT is urgent.

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