Perhaps as never before, the medical establishment is transforming, facing both challenges and benefits. Case in point: electronic medical records. These hold the promise of being able to track health conditions more effectively, but at what cost to the patient-physician relationship if the doctor spends the visit typing on a keyboard? The American College of Physicians, the national organization of internists, has been on the front lines of issues from EMRs to climate change, gun violence, insurance and the cost of prescription drugs.
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