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The taxpayer over two decades paid billions to create the software used to run the electronic medical record system of the Veterans Health Administration. This public domain software is utilized in 1,400 Veteran facilities.  The use of the federal stimulus money should only support an approach that utilizes this free software. Thereby, the only added cost is hardware and the services of a company to implement and maintain the system. 

Why create ones own rat race towards the electronic record when it is already done and free.  What a great way to automate health care records cheaply.  There is no more excuse that automation is unaffordable when software exists that is part of the public domain for free and it is being used in 1,400 facilities. 

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