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a result of the fight between Epic and Cerner. Competing EMR's that do not talk to each other. My wife worked briefly for a lab reporting company whose software that was less expensive and more comprehensive than that offered in the EMR platforms were frozen out as both companies didn't want to give up the revenue or allow a third party to access their software.

The administration is doing nothing to force interoperable translation. The Affordable Care Act had provisions to try to force common EMR platforms and sharing of information but the current bozos don't see the need. There is no open source platform now though both Apple and Microsoft say they are working on a solution.

Think Beta vs VHS with life threatening potential outcomes.