# The Bitter Lessons Of The EMR: Now The AI Experiment Follows

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-bitter-lessons-of-the-emr-now-the-ai-experiment-follows-u0ak>
> Published: 2026-08-11 17:22:45+00:00

# The Bitter Lessons Of The EMR: Now The AI Experiment Follows

By Robert Glatter, MD, ContributorSource:

[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.

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