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Modern Healthcare, October, 2007

BURLINGTON, Vt.-Fletcher Allen Health Care, an academic health center that includes a 434-bed tertiary-care hospital and more than 30 patient-care sites, said late last month it is seeking state approval to create a $57.2 million electronic health-record network. State law requires hospitals to submit certificate-of-need applications for any capital improvements exceeding $3 million. The system, according to a news release, would include information on virtually every aspect of patient care, and would help reduce medical errors and delays in treatment. Roughly 750 physicians-about half of the state's practicing doctors-are credentialed at Fletcher Allen and would have access to the patient-records system Fletcher Allen officials estimate will take approximately three...

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