The document discusses several key points about electronic health records (EHRs): 1) Currently, none of the EHR vendors meet federal requirements because their systems are not interoperable between each other. 2) For EHRs to have value, they must be interconnected and allow information to be shared between different providers and organizations through regional and national health information networks. 3) A network of interconnected EHRs has much higher value than individual systems that are not connected.