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National Health Information Network Cost and Structure
- Michael M. Rothkopf, MD; and
- Herschel S. Jackson, MD
- From South Mountain Medical Consultants, West Orange, NJ 07052, and Urology Associates, Murray, KY 42071.
TO THE EDITOR:
Kaushal and colleagues (1), Baron and colleagues (2), and Basch (3) accurately outline the challenges we must overcome to accomplish the inevitable conversion from paper charts to a computerized health information system. However, an important factor regarding physician adoption of EHR has been overlooked by these papers and is absent from the national debate.
Virtually all electronic medical records programs make use of templates to facilitate rapid clinical record keeping and accurate coding with …
