Data hub will be key to health law operation but also raises privacy concerns

And another news outlets looks at some of the troubles for doctors and hospitals with digital records.

California Healthline: Effort To Move Patient Data Online May Spur A More Efficient, Affordable Network
The sharing of health care data electronically is in its beginning stages and implementation of new record-keeping systems is creating some confusion among health professionals across the country. But that can be a good thing according to a number of health experts who gathered last week at a health information conference in Santa Rosa. "I'm glad that we've got a bunch of stuff that doesn't work as well as we'd like it to," said Mark Frisse, a professor at Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine in Tennessee. … Many electronic health records can't speak to each other to enable smooth and secure sharing of patient health information and the digital networks that connect these electronic systems -- health information exchanges -- are largely unable to accept data passed between providers, Frisse said (Hart, 7/30).