| Electronic medical records are a start toward | | | | a beginning records system. The thousands of |
| quality improvement in the health care field and | | | | dollars of cost is the recurring reason for delayed |
| would help with keeping costs under control | | | | implementation of these systems. |
| according to both health care professionals and | | | | Certainty of success in the electronic medical field |
| government policy makers. But the doctors seem | | | | is balanced on compatible electronic systems. |
| to be very slow to grasp this new technology. | | | | Which software should everyone use? The |
| Why, we do not know, as it would make their job | | | | providers in healthcare and the insurance |
| easier as well as getting paid quicker. It would also | | | | corporations must be able to convey information |
| make their workers time freed up for more | | | | between them. this should not take much training, |
| important tasks. | | | | but needs to be decided on before it can take |
| Hospital organizations are only now creeping | | | | effect. |
| toward implementing electronic medical records, | | | | To make sure this move to electronic records |
| reports the Associated Press, as noted by the | | | | actually happens the Obama administration, similar |
| New England Journal of Medicine. | | | | to the Bush Administration, has made electronic |
| Of hospitals across the country, according to the | | | | medical records a priority. It is part of the |
| NEJM survey, fewer than two percent present | | | | American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 |
| with a fully functioning electronic medical record | | | | and they've put $19 billion aside to provide |
| system, and about eight to eleven percent report | | | | assistance for this transition. Good luck. |