Ezra Klein doesn’t think so:

Until the provider community decides to step up and commit to one (or even a couple) standard electronic health record platforms, G-Health won’t be much more than a curiosity.

That’s true. Unless there is absolute seamless interaction between the EHR and G-Health, no physician will take the time to enter patient records into Google.

If Ezra wants a single, universal EHR nationwide, the government needs to step up and pay for it. And not some half-assed attempt like VistA.

I mean all of it. Computers, implementation, software, support and resources to convert paper records to the EHR.

That’s the only way we can get truly universal electronic records. Government needs to step up to the plate and pay for every single aspect of transition.