Doctors Battle EMR Distraction From Patient Care
Dr Brian Meeker argues electronic medical records divert attention from diagnosis and bedside skills. He notes nurses and transcription staff bear the burden while clinicians fiddle with templates and keyboards, reducing genuine patient contact.
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Hippocrates
Osler
Recycling clunkers and bank subsidies spark heated letters
Readers discuss Cash for Clunkers reducing pollution and energy use, Gramm Leach Bliley repeal effects, and Fed secrecy. Other letters defend private insurance, caution about health care reform, critique TV decency, and urge comprehensive national health insurance for pre existing conditions.
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Federal Reserve
Fed
George Black
Iowa City
Sandra Reese
Eunice Shriver shaped disability progress and Special Olympics
John D Morris of Discovery Living Inc. credits Eunice Kennedy Shriver with transforming attitudes toward intellectual and physical disabilities. His notice recalls her lobbying her brothers to create community living and inclusive sports via the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and the birth of Special Olympics.
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John D. Morris
Discovery Living Inc
Cedar Rapids
Annet Lange
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Ireland
Kennedys
Berlin
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