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Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

December 17, 2010

Nearly two years after the Obama administration announced plans to spend $40 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical

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April 20, 2010

Effort to track medical safety issues faces long road ahead

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March 25, 2010

FDA, Obama digital medical records team at odds over safety oversight

By Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz

August 3, 2010

Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

November 7, 2011

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