04/25/2012
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"So we're moving from the old era where you went into the doctor's office and the nurse would open up her cabinet and pull out your file and hand it to the doctor..."
"What is the standard? Do we need a law? Do we need a regulation? What do we need?"
"Do you agree with that, Dr. Gibbons? Do we need a national standard so that everyone knows whose health information is being transmitted?"
"You need something that the bad guys know is going to get them in trouble if they do it."