Some members of Congress are alarmed by our latest investigative report on Dr. Tariq Mahmood’s hospitals.
The story, published Sunday, showed that regulators gave the six Texas hospitals nearly $18 million in economic stimulus funds for switching to electronic medical records — despite documented patient-safety and management crises at most of the facilities. The story also raised questions about whether the hospitals actually made “meaningful use” of the records, as required.
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$18 million to reward unsafe hospitals = alarm in Congress | Investigates Blog.