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In our fragmented health care system, access to information may be the biggest risk

by Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD

Jul 20, 2023

In "Fragmented," Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz writes about health care providers' struggles to access medical information and how it impacts patients.

"Our electronic medical records are extremely disorganized," said Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz, who discusses the time doctors waste searching for patient information in her book "Fragmented."

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