[LINK] US: Electronic Health Records

[Scott Howard]

Not directly related, but I just saw the following ad on (US) TV.

Despite the very real issues that exist with electronic medical
records, it's very hard to argue that there are massive benefits as
well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFuGuGlIFcw

  Scott.


On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Marghanita da Cruz
<marghanita at ramin.com.au> wrote:
>> Keeping track of huge piles of paperwork is not an easy task for anyone. Imagine doing that for our entire health care system. In effect, that is what is going on with our current paper and pencil system of medical record keeping -- until now.
>>
>> At the Department of Health and Human Services, part of our mission is to ensure quality health care for all Americans. And today I am excited to announce that we are delivering on this in the form of over $750 million in new grants that are part of a federal initiative to build capacity to enable widespread meaningful use of health IT, helping doctors adopt electronic medical records.
>>
> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/12/going-beyond-paper-and-pencil-investments-health-it>
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