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Originally Posted by Chi-Town

If you want to see something scary try to gain access to a medical records department and see firsthand the horrors of forms management. God bless the department head and the assistants. I woud go nuts. Electronic medical records is the future, thank goodness.

Don't get me wrong. I am a fan of EMR systems. What I dislike intensely is the lack of attention paid to every aspect of security. Part of Obamacare involves the establishment of regional EMR data warehouses. All hospitals and physicians will be required to transmit patient information to these centers, and it is underway now. All the regional centers will be connected and the data accessible to many folks at CMS and other agencies. If the Chinese can hack into the Pentagon how secure do you think your personal information will be in another government repository.