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This is a great step! When I took a Health Care Delivery Models class at USC last spring, it seemed plain and simply that having a comprehensive electronic health and medical exchange between all health care providers could help to cut down the costs of unnecessary medical expenditures. Why this hasn't been done yet: $$$$

Tsk tsk. But it's not just the guilt or the ignorance of providers that have been at fault, patients with serious illnesses have been hesitant to release medical records in fear of losing a job opportunity, etc. Now, having the option to "opt in" a health information exchange systems seems to be the most proactive, encouraging way to get the nation towards accepting these conditions.