Article begins A Rendering of the American Political Economy of Healthcare An easy way to get physicians talking about clinical documentation is to ask about the electronic health record system (EHR). If you hear enough, mostly complaints, you start to get a sense of how intertwined the practice of medicine, the health informatics industry, and federal policy are. I asked one physician to create a chart for a hypothetical new patient to help me understand. Status ICD10 description Onset Resolved ICD10 Code Active mild persistent asthma, uncomplicated 11/14/2010   J45.30 Resolved other seizures 03/14/2009 03/15/2009 G40.89 Active myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome 07/23/2014   G93.32 Active headache, unspecified 06/13/2012   R51.9 Active other fatigue 06/13/2012   R53.83 Resolved acute pharyngitis, unspecified 02/01/2018 02/11/2018 J02.9 One of the biggest complaints is that billing data is privileged over clinical data.…