Digital Issues

Glen Tullman,CEO of Allscripts,said we don't have reliable information in health care today.We haven't equipped medical staff with the kind of information every other industry has to make important decisions with.It's not just digitizing patient records;we have to connect it all.The seamless transfer of information is the heart of it.Imagine if physicians and nurses could exchange information.What we need is the leadership to force interoperability.The time for action is now.The technology exists,Mr.Tullman pointed out to the White House forum.