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New Hampshire hearing examines bill to allow providers to opt out of electronic medical records
Summary
Representative Nagel told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that House Bill 70 would let clinicians decline to use electronic medical records, arguing EMRs impose excessive cost and erode the doctor‑patient relationship.
Representative Nagel, a practicing physician, told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that House Bill 70 is aimed at giving health care providers the option not to use electronic medical records. “If I had my way, I would take the electronic medical record. I would throw it to the bottom of the ocean and never bring it back,” Representative Nagel said, summarizing his longstanding criticism of current EMR systems.
Nut graf: Nagel framed HB 70 as a response to what he described as unintended consequences of federal EMR policies, including excessive costs for small practices and disruption of the doctor‑patient relationship. He urged lawmakers to…
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