Health information technology (health IT) has come a long way since Hurricane Katrina came roaring ashore in 2005. At that time, few hospitals in the region had adopted electronic health records (EHRs). To address some coordination issues, a national foundation comprised of several private businesses, national physician organizations, and other health professionals stood up a basic system to share medication history with providers in a matter of hours. This system, KatrinaHealth.org, was helpful in limited circumstances;
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