Health Care IT Plans Get a Renewed Push - Computerworld
Health Care IT Plans Get a Renewed Push - ComputerworldBush described paper-based approaches to maintaining medical records as "antiquated".
Sharing electronic medical records among providers.
Using bar-code to ensure that patients receive proper medications. I assume this is in the hospital
The Leap Frog Group http://www.leapfroggroup.org/ will be posting surveys of compliance with 30 patient-safety practices including CPOE.
Where is the ROI for developing a EMR? Just lawsuits?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last year commissioned a unit of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington to design a model of an electronic patient record that health care companies could use at no charge http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,82779,00.html
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