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Good News for Patients Hidden in Health IT Policy Committee’s Meaningful Use Stage 2 Recommendations
For Stage 2, the Policy Committee’s recommendations place greater emphasis on providers and hospitals providing patients direct electronic access to their information. Read more
patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.
