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To: Brumar89 who wrote (505487)	8/17/2009 1:36:30 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1572209

I'd assume most medical records are computerized today with paper records being maintained for legal and regulatory reasons. Most significant hospitals now have some kind of EMR. But as you say, the shared database takes it to a new level of complexity because of HIPAA and other requirements. It is more of a 20-year time horizon, I'd think. Maybe a little less. And there might be some net savings near the end of that period, but the up-front expenditures will be massive.