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SOI: Electronic Health Records; Reporter Roundtable, Statehouse Update

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When you visit your doctor's office chances are pretty good that all the information you discuss is going into what is known as an electronic health record or EHR.  But as with any computerized system there are pros and cons.

Sharona Hoffman, Author, “Electronic Health Records and Medical Big Data: Law and Policy”; Professor of Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University

Karen Kasler, Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Chief