A New Health Care? Many Doctors Skeptical of New Technology

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Like many physicians across the country, Cleveland doctor Conrad Lindes is worried about one of the government’s latest overhauls to the medical system: digitizing health care. He believes the government is forcing doctors to make a change to electronic medical records before they — and the technology — are ready. (Video by Emma Schwartz/Center for Public Integrity)

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<h1>A New Health Care? Many Doctors Skeptical of New Technology</h1>
<div>		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2011-07-07T11:45:46-04:00">
			July 7, 2011		</time>
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<p>      <a href="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/399AHrZSdRc?version=3&hl=en_US">http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/399AHrZSdRc?version=3&hl=en_US</a>      ?</p><p>Like many physicians across the country, Cleveland doctor Conrad Lindes is worried about one of the government’s latest overhauls to the medical system: digitizing health care. He believes the government is forcing doctors to make a change to electronic medical records before they — and the technology — are ready. (Video by Emma Schwartz/Center for Public Integrity)</p><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/many-doctors-skeptical-of-new-technology-cpi/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=27774&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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