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Patient-controlled Health Records

Troops and their families could soon be using Google and Microsoft to manage their health records. Testing is underway now on a Pentagon program that could mean...

Federal News Network Staff

December 18, 2008 10:37 am

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Troops and their families could soon be using Google and Microsoft to manage their health records. Testing is underway now on a Pentagon program that could mean the death of pen and paper in military hospitals for good – at least when it comes to health records. It’s called MiCare. Rick Barnhill, program manager for the Regional Informatics division in the Army’s Western Regional Medical Command, explains. Click to hear the interview.