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As Medical Charts Go Electronic, Rural Doctor Sees Healthy Change

Apr. 10, 2009
A family doctor rural Kansas says her switch to electronic records has greatly improved her productivity.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic