Is the electronic medical record DOA?
We’ve been hearing about the paperless medical office for decades now. It’s always just around the corner — you might say “real soon now.” Cameron W. Barr’s front-page story in this past Friday’s (December 1, 2006) Washington Post about the unreliability of electronic voting machines — according to a federal agency advising the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, they “cannot be made secure” — leads me to wonder which is more important to people: their vote or their health? Me, I’ll keep my medical chart, thank you very much. Here’s the Post article. Security Of Electronic Voting Is Condemned Paper Systems Should Be Included, Agency Says Paperless electronic voting machines used throughout the Washington region and much of the country “cannot be made secure,” according to draft recommendations issued this week by a federal agency that advises the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The assessment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, one of the government’s premier r
