Military EMR System to Serve as Health Care Reform Model

President Obama said Thursday the government will create a
national electronic medical records system for the military that
can be a model for reform of the country’s health care
administration. The president has emphasized EMRs as part of his
health care reform plan. Set up by the Department of Defense and
the Department of Veterans Affairs, an electronic record would
follow military personnel “from the day they first enlist to the
day that they are laid to rest,” Obama said.