I am reposting a provocative open letter from Ignacio Valdes, MD, MSc (a proponent of Open Software and proprietor of the LinuxMedNews blog ) on the revelations about Health IT by Penn sociology professor Ross Koppel and by Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
While I am not predicting nor recommending the elimination of the commercial HIT sector (just its major reformation!), Dr.
Valdes makes many valid points about the current state of health IT and the value...
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