Fortune USA 201904

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FORTUNE.COM // APR.1.19


THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CLAIMED that turning American

medical charts into electronic records would make health care

better, safer, and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the

system is an unholy mess. Inside a digital revolution gone wrong.

BY ERIKA FRY AND FRED SCHULTE


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DIGITAL HEALTH: INVESTIGATION


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