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Proposed Rule on Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Threatens Privacy

Submit Comments by Monday, March 15, 2010

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule that would lead to the creation and sharing of electronic health records (EHRs) for a majority of Americans without their consenT.

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The rule would accomplish this initially through incentive payments for physicians and other providers who create certified EHRs and submit electronic data to CMS.1 To be considered meaningful users of EHRs, the rule would require doctors and hospitals to submit data for a majority of all their patients—not just those on Medicare and Medicaid.