Fragmented medical records are a danger to our health

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4.6 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Accessing medical records isn’t always easy for doctors, and the gaps and disorganization that result can pose serious risks for patients. Today, we hear what fragmentation means for our health care and what we can do to fix it. We’ll also examine whether the monthly Leading Economic Index is still a good recession predictor, and do the numbers on the Women’s World Cup.

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0:48.8	Every month, the conference board puts out something
0:51.6	called its leading economic index.
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