What Ebola tells us about health IT outbreak needs

Government Health IT: The Ebola cases in the United States, despite their limited numbers, have generated considerable discussion and anxiety. The discussion has included health IT because of the initial assertion that the Dallas hospital's electronic health record led to the first US Ebola case being sent home. That claim was subsequently refuted, but it initiated conversation about whether the EHR was really to blame and, eventually, how EHRs might lean forward and help in such circumstances.

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