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Watch: Electronic Medical Records Investigation In Spotlight On C-SPAN

April 30, 2019

KHN senior correspondent Fred Schulte talks on program about errors and other problems with computerized health records — and answers viewers’ questions.

You can read KHN’s story about electronic medical records .

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