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Barbara Kram, Editor | April 22, 2009
Health IT was also a focus in many sessions since private insurers and regulators are struggling to implement EMR quickly, yet with the needed interoperability to allow data to be shared among organizations and physicians. Several attendees expressed concern that such a synthesis will be difficult given the fractured nature of U.S. health care and the multitude of software and IT vendors. Adding to the challenge is the politics not just of determining the government's role in the U.S. health system, but the local politics of competition among hospitals, which discourages system compatibility.
A small, diverse group of exhibitors included pharmaceutical companies, claims and medical management firms, health IT software vendors, consultants and other resource providers.
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