Even if it isn’t — it still is!!! Until Enron, Mr Charlie engineered the biggest corporation value vaporization in history. Now, he’s some hazardous material.

The bill (S 1693) would help providers purchase health IT systems and require the federal government to decide on software and hardware standards for its own programs, such as Medicare, in part to encourage the private sector to standardize operations. Consumer privacy advocates, however, have expressed concerns that electronic health records would be easier to steal or disclose accidentally and that employers could use the information to discriminate against potential employees with certain health conditions, reported Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report. To address these concerns, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in May added an amendment that would grant patients access to the EHRs, require that providers disclose breaches of privacy and extend restrictions on firms’ use of individual health data for marketing purposes. However, privacy advocates continue to oppose the bill and request that it grant patients better control over their records, including prescription information already sold to data-mining companies without the consent of customers, Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report added.
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, June 3, 2008

/now THAT is good stuff, JP.
//hope this UI/EMR takes off
///seriously