Bijan has a post relating his recent overnight hospital stay to some of the big issues with healthcare today. Bijan rightly complains about how hospitals are a black hole for patient data. The stimulus package (PDF) contains a section 9202 titled “Investment in Health Information Technology” which states:The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in t...

Bijan has a post relating his recent overnight hospital stay to some of the big issues with healthcare today. Bijan rightly complains about how hospitals are a black hole for patient data. The stimulus package (PDF) contains a section 9202 titled “Investment in Health Information Technology” which states:The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in t...