Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages A17-A20 , August 2010

Electronic Health Records: Promises and Realities: A 3-Part Series Part I: The Digital Sea Change, Ready or Not

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 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.008

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages A17-A20 , August 2010

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