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There has been extensive...

Posted By: MT on 2009-03-26
In Reply to: Does anyone know anything about the new EMR system? and how it will affect MT's work? nm - Barbara

discussion about this recently.  If you do a search for EMR, you should find a lot of good threads.




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No offense intended, but you probably won't get any new posts on the topic as it's already been discussed in great detail.  I just wanted you to know you're not being ignored.  Good luck with it!  I hope you feel better soon.