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Providers need access to the data in patient healthcare records to make decisions that provide the type of high-quality services, which lead to successful medical treatments. This article summarizes the data accuracy and data availability problems that exist in managing healthcare records, and then describes various technology solutions that could be designed to address specific data problems.