Thursday, May 28, 2009

Electronic patient records will force consolidation in health care - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

May 28, 2009

The Obama administration’s ambitious plan to accelerate the adoption of electronic patient records will be a “steamroller” that drives the consolidation of the health technology industry and threatens many small physician practices, predicts Leonard M. Fuld, head of a large competitive-intelligence firm.

In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Fuld summarized the conclusions of a “war game” his firm organized last month, “The Battle for Healthcare Information,” and added some postgame observations of his own...