{"slug": "the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows", "title": "The Bitter Lessons Of The EMR: Now The AI Experiment Follows", "summary": "The HITECH Act of 2009 mandated digitization of medical records, achieving near-universal adoption but bringing substantial unintended consequences, according to a Forbes article by Robert Glatter, MD. The piece draws parallels to the current AI experiment in healthcare, warning of similar pitfalls.", "body_md": "# The Bitter Lessons Of The EMR: Now The AI Experiment Follows\n\nBy Robert Glatter, MD, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)The digitization of medical records, mandated by the HITECH Act of 2009, achieved near-universal adoption but brought substantial unintended consequences.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows-u0ak", "published_at": "2026-08-11 17:22:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 17:43:07.343863+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Robert Glatter", "HITECH Act"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows.jsonld"}}