In a Contra Costa Times opinion piece, Sally Pipes -- president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute -- argues that as policymakers "craft the nation's health IT strategy," they should "collaborate with doctors and hospitals to ensure that the new technology actually results in a more efficient, higher-quality health care system. She adds that although "[e]lectronic health records have the potential to reduce health care costs, minimize physician error, shorten wait times for patients and save lives ... such results are hardly guaranteed."