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HealthLeaders - HealthLeaders News: "Lessons From the UK EMR: Not Exactly Apples to Apples


By John Quinn, for HealthLeaders News, Nov. 19, 2004
As efforts to create a National Health Information Infrastructure gain momentum in the United States, proponents face numerous challenges over a key component - shared electronic health records. Although the comparison isn't exactly a matter of apples to apples, it helps to look at how the UK - as a model of socialized healthcare has focused in this arena. "