Permanente Medical Group CEO Touts E-Health Records
In an opinion piece, Robert Pearl, executive director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, argues that the use of electronic health records would improve patients' care. He concludes, "It's time to apply to health care the knowledge and tools that have revolutionized and improved other aspects of modern life. We owe it to all Americans."
- "Electronic Records Would Improve Americans' Health" (Pearl, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/25).