chanel
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Dr. David Blumenthal, the Obama administration's National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said on Tuesday that patients can choose to omit procedures such as abortions and positive HIV tests from the electronic health records (EHR) that every American is supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the economic stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year.
CNSNews.com - Obama's Electronic Health Records Czar: HIV Status and Abortions Need Not be Included
I read the article twice and still don't get it. He seems to be saying that the EHR only needs to contain the information that the patient wants in there - which is fine with me. However, if people choose not to disclose that info to the govt., what's the friggin point?