IT vulnerabilities highlighted by errors, malfunctions at veterans' medical centers.

Bridget M. Kuehn

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IT vulnerabilities highlighted by errors, malfunctions at veterans' medical centers.

January 31, 2011

Kuehn BM. JAMA. 2009;301(9):919.

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In the context of the Obama administration's efforts to computerize medical records, this news story describes problems and errors that have occurred with the electronic medical records systems in Veterans Affairs hospitals.

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